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Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies

Tom Alderman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media


Tom Alderman

For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?

Sam Stein

Palin Can't Name Supreme Court Case She Disagrees With Other Than Roe (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


For days, word has been spreading that CBS Evening News was sitting on an embarrassing clip of Sarah Palin not being able to name a Supreme Court case...

Katie Couric's Sarah Palin Interviews Have Modest Effect On CBS News Ratings

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media


NEW YORK -- Katie Couric's series of buzzworthy interviews with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin have boosted "CBS Evening News" slightly. Cou...

Katie Couric In The News For All The Right Reasons: Her Work

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — After two years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is back to making news the old-fashioned way _ wit...

Network News Conforms to McCain's Iraq Doctrine

Andrew Tyndall | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media


Andrew Tyndall

So far this year, the three weekday network newscasts have devoted an astonishing 1912 minutes to campaign coverage, more than ten times the attention paid to the Iraq war.

CBS Evening News Wins Murrow Award For "Best Newscast"

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media


Katie Couric's CBS Evening News, which has suffered through dismal ratings during her entire tenure as anchor (and for some time before that), got som...

New Record Low For CBS Evening News

Huffington Post | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


Last week, the week of May 19, CBS News set a new record low in ratings, taking in a mere 5.33 million viewers. Its previous record low came the week...

CBS Evening News Ratings Hit New Low

Huffington Post | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media


Last week, the CBS Evening News marked a new low in the ratings, recording just 5.39 million total viewers for the previous week. This week, the Kati...

Katie Couric's CNN Door Still Open Despite Larry King Contract Extension

Newsday | Verne Gay | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media


I've got some reasonably big Larry King news here, friends, that could well affect the future of one Ms. Katie Couric, so listen up. CNN has just re...

CBS May Eliminate "Evening News" Anchor If Couric Leaves: Report

Huffington Post via TMZ | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media


According to TMZ, Katie Couric will leave CBS on her own terms and the network will likely eliminate the "Evening News" anchor altogether. Further, T...

Katie Couric Turned Down "Early Show" Offer, Suggested Replacing Larry King In Meeting With CBS Executives

Huffington Post | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media


Two reports — one from the Los Angeles Times' Matea Gold, and one from the New York Times' Bill Carter and Jacques Steinberg — reveal that...

Philly News: Couric Gives Best Election Coverage

Philadelphia Daily News | Ellen Gray | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Though ABC's Charles Gibson and NBC's Brian Williams bring plenty of enthusiasm for the political process to their newscasts, it may be that very enth...

Couric Newscast Lost 1.1 Million Viewers In '07

New York Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


AS Katie Couric puts a wrap on her first calendar year as anchor of the last-place "CBS Evening News," she's staring at some sobering stats: more than...

Holiday Sign-Offs: How Did The Anchors Address The Christmas Conundrum?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


It's the latest front in the War on Christmas: The Anchor Sign-Off! How, in these loaded PC times where even Mike Huckabee can't have a floating cross...

Cronkite Comes Back

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In accordance with CBS policy at the time, Walter Cronkite retired from the "CBS Evening News" in 1981 at age 65. "Old anchormen, you see, don't fade...

Conservative Hill Aides Call Couric "Our Sweetheart"

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Last week, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reported from Iraq, but her stories largely repeated the Bush administration's talking points. She eve...