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Friday, April 18, 2008

CBS Chairman Moonves Supports Couric


Les Moonves, the Chairman of CBS, visited the CBS newsroom today and told employees that there are no plans to make a change, despite reports that Katie Couric will be replaces as anchor of the CBS Evening News by mid January of 2009. The CBS Evening News trails in the ratings behind ABC's World News with Charles Gibson and NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Report: Katie Couric to Exit CBS News



The Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBS News anchor Katie Couric will leave the network anchor chair as soon as January 2009. Couric joined CBS as anchor of the CBS Evening News amid much hype and fanfare, only to disappoint the network with consistently low ratings. Couric's contract, reportedly worth $15 million annually, isn't up until 2011.