I heard a rumor that Paula Zahn is to be the replacement.
CBS management is clueless. After Rather made his announcement, CBS should have filled Rather's shoes IMMEDIATELY. Betcha CBS ratings go down further. The CEO of CBS should be fired.
They may as well put SPONGE BOB in his anchor chair, for all anybody would care ...
Why does he get more than two week's notice?
Here's a wild prognostication...
1) CBS broadcast news continues to decline in ratings and revenues.
2) The CSI franchise inevitably fades and network profits go into the toilet.
3) Corporate types at Viacom get fed up with the hemmoraging in the news division and decide to ax the whole lot.
3) CBS shuts down it's news division and outsources the whole thing to CNN through acquisition.
-- alternate outcome --
3) Viacom sells CBS lock, stock, 'n barrel to Time-Warner which proceeds to "merge" the news divisions and eliminate 50% of the jobs.
dung.