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“Opening Salvo In Katie’s Campaign To Ease Herself Out Of The Anchor Chair”
Some important reader responses to the New York profile of Katie Couric:
> “The truly interesting thing about the NY Magazine story is that it seems to be the opening salvo in Katie’s campaign to ease herself out of the anchor chair and into whatever her next job might be. Why else would she authorize Nicolla Hewitt to say that the news division was behind Couric the way they should have been?”
> “You missed the lead of the NY Mag piece. Here’s the key sentence, uttered by the news division president!! Hello? Katie’s boss admits her skills don’t work at 6:30pm. Game over. Might as well get the office ready at 60 Minutes. Key quote: ‘Even McManus admits that Couric’s morning-show skills simply didn’t fit into the evening news: ‘A lot of things that made Katie successful in the morning probably don’t work in the evening news broadcast.’’ “
> “In the New York piece on Katie Couric, she manages, in just the first page, to insult the public not once but twice. In addressing her dismal ratings, she notes ‘...people are very unforgiving and very resistant to change.’ She goes on to say ‘I think it bugs people even more that I am not a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown.’ It is apparent she harbors a degree of disdain for the viewing public. It is therefore not surprising it is reciprocated.”
> “Has anyone found it interesting that since Mid-May Katie Couric has been “off” or on “assignment” during 10-15 broadcasts, with either Harry Smith or Russ Mitchell filling in most often?”
Posted by brian | 01:28 PM | Couric Watch | Email this post
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If Couric Moves To 60 Minutes... Who Becomes The New Leader Of CBS News?
Theoretically, of course: Amid all the talk about Katie Couric’s future, an e-mailer asks: “Let’s work with the assumption that Couric transitions off ‘Evening News’ after the ‘08 elections, becoming the CBS News equivalent of Bill Cosby, who came in and helped reshape CBS entertainment’s primetime. Who becomes the news divisions Ray Romano: The sleeper who’s out there on the air now, but emerges as the leader, and helps push the news division to the top, like Romano pushed CBS’s primetime to dominance?
Russ Mitchell? Harry Smith? Scott Pelley? Lara Logan? Tracy Smith? Who will emerge in the next two years as the new leader?”
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