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The Pentagon's "Message Force Multipliers" in Run-Up to Iraq Invasion

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Nothing is more despicable than former military officers behaving like a bunch of Enron executives and knowingly lying to the American people about matters relating to war and peace.

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A Life Well Lived

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.20.2008 | Living

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Janet Ritz

An artist's work lives beyond them. I know this. I also know another side to the terrific woman who was my mother and who was such a large part of our lives.

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Roger Mudd's Revenge

Al Eisele | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media

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Al Eisele

Former CBS newsman Roger Mudd has written his memoir, and it's not likely to endear him to his former colleagues.

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Performance Does Not Match Pay At Viacom

Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

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All chief executives are not equal in media mogul Sumner Redstone's empire, at least when it comes to what they are paid. Viacom Chief Executive Phil...

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Tom Brokaw: I Tried To Warn Couric It Was "Harder Than It Looks"

Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

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Earlier this week Dan Rather told the Huffington Post's Rachel Sklar that he didn't think Katie Couric had "any idea what she was getting into" when s...

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NCAA Launches CBS Into Tie With Idol-Heavy Fox

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.16.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — The gripping men's college basketball final between Kansas and Memphis helped CBS into a virtual dead heat with Fox despite some four...

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It's Show Time At CBS

Charles Warner | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

Les Moonves should eliminate CBS News -- close all bureaus, terminate all personnel, and sell all news equipment and assets.

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Richard Butler, Kidnapped CBS Journalist, Freed In Iraq

New York Times | Erica Goode and Michael Kamber | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media

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Iraqi soldiers burst into a house in Basra on Monday morning and freed a British journalist who had been kidnapped two months ago in the southern port...

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Les Moonves' Big Haul: Bumps Salary To $37M While CBS Ratings, Stock Price Flounder

Huffington Post | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media

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With all the hubbub around CBS News of late — speculation over whether Katie Couric will resign the anchor's chair before her contract expires, ...

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Attention Campers: Get Dirty For God!

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady | Posted 04.11.2008 | Living

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Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

Here's how it goes: Over 700 kids from around the US say goodbye to their pals, give up their ipods and Pepsi, and head to Merritt Island, a mosquito-infested swampland in central Florida.

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Goodbye to the Eye? Why This Couric Flap May Be The Beginning of the End For CBS News

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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We know that CBS News is a distant third in the ratings, we know that newsgathering is expensive -- and we know that Katie Couric is, too. All of this suggests why, amidst the mutterings about how the evening news is doomed, CBS will clearly be the first to go.

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Michael Bass, Former "Early Show" Executive Producer, Heads To NBC

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK -- NBC Universal named former "Early Show" executive producer Michael Bass senior vp strategic initiatives. Bass will work on strategy for t...

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Who Killed Katie Couric?

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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Henry Blodget

Don't think for one second that the person who leaked the news of the meeting didn't know that that was exactly what he or she was doing.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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

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Katie Couric: The Anachronistic Anchor

Andrew Tyndall | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

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Andrew Tyndall

CBS News never needed an anchor to increase its audience; instead it needed an aggressive online strategy. The last type of anchor it needed was an expensive celebrity.

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Neil Patrick Harris: Keep Britney Off My Show

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — If Neil Patrick Harris had his way, Britney Spears would be banned from the set of "How I Met Your Mother." Nothing against the pop s...

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Dan Rather's CBS Lawsuit Partially Dismissed, All Damages Remain

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

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Justice Ira Gammerman, the judge hearing Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS, has issued a motion to dismiss four of the seven counts of the suit. Three...

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Katie Couric Likely To Leave CBS, Says Report; CBS Denies

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.09.2008 | Media

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The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Dana reports that Katie Couric is likely to leave CBS well before her contract expires in 2011: After two years of ...

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Rather: "I'd Probably Just Sit Here And Drink" If I Had To Read CNN's News

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.08.2008 | Media

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This morning on "Morning Joe," Dan Rather responded to the New York Times report that CBS may outsource its newsgathering operation to CNN (since deni...

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CBS Remixes TV Hits For Online Distribution

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — On television, CBS' "Big Bang Theory" is a traditional, half-hour sitcom about two super-smart dweebs fumbling around their sexy neig...

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CBS Streaming Final Four Online

Los Angeles Times | Greg Johnson | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media

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When Final Four action begins Saturday, fans who want to watch the games live online will have to head to CBSSports .com, which owns exclusive online ...

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Why Did It Take Sinbad to Expose Hillary Clinton's Misstatement?

Eric Deggans | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Eric Deggans

I've been struck by network reporters' attempts to insert themselves into this story.

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How Would Watergate Be Reported Today?

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Art Brodsky

Until people regain trust in what they read, the long, slow decline will continue regardless of the medium through which information is conveyed.

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Struggling CBS Looking For Help From Democratic Debate

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media

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It is an axiom of political debates that lagging competitors always want them more than front-runners. CBS News, which lags well behind its competitor...

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CBS "Aggressively Pursuing" North Carolina Debate

Huffington Post via New York Post | Posted 03.24.2008 | Media

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Much has been made of the fact that Katie Couric has yet to host a presidential debate, making her the only major anchor yet to see the big stage duri...

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