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| Katie Couric to replace Dan Blather??? | |
| 2004-12-20 | |
| Isn't this 'spunky'.... CBS has a new name on top of its list of poten tial replacement for Dan Rather — Katie Couric. According to Broadcasting & Cable magazine, CBS wants to "land a superstar to take over" for Rather and the "Today" show diva is its top choice. Couric has just 18 months to go on her $15-million a year contract with NBC, the weekly reports in its edition out today. "Virtually everyone in the news pantheon who's younger than 60 is tied up even longer than Couric or simply doesn't want the gig," the magazine reports. Rather has said he will retire in March. CBS would likely name someone to take over the job on an interim basis — then make way for Katie when she becomes free in 2006. "The Early Show" co-host Harry Smith, "Face the Nation" moderator Bob Scheiffer or "60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley are among those mentioned as possible placeholders. Couric could command a salary of $20 million a year or more, the magazine reports. Only David Letterman, who earns about $31 million a year from CBS, and Jay Leno, whose most recent deal pays him $27 million from NBC, would be paid more on network TV. Now thats an idea -- have Letterman replace Dan...... Couric's agent, Alan Berger, told the magazine "there's nothing to talk about" right now. But reports that Katie could end up as the signature figure of CBS News are sure to send shock waves through the TV world. CBS could kill two birds with one stone by stealing Couric. It would not only gain one of TV's few remaining superstar reporters, but would take her off the ratings-topping "Today" show. That would probably be a bigger favor to ABC — where the Diane Sawyer-hosted "Good Morning America" is gaining on "Today" but still trails — than to CBS. It's wake-up show is in far third place. Couric too might be open to a change of scenery — if not hours. Katie has been getting up early for 14 years now. So do a lot of other bloodsucking parasites but I dont see their name on the list......
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| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #18 $20 Mil is a small price to pay for perkiness that acute... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-20 9:46:46 PM |
| #17 If memory serves me right, I believe she is the one stated |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-12-20 9:45:22 PM |
| #16 Lol! After that apathy story, well, nothing seems to like matter, now. I think I'll like, y'know, blow off that Proper Articulation of English Class, cuz, like, who cares. Heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-20 8:30:08 PM |
| #15 Gee. Golly. I wonder why Brit Hume's name hasn't been mentioned? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-12-20 8:24:54 PM |
| #14 Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I saw al Katy on ( a while ago) she was very heavy on the icing over her lips puttying up some very nasty cold sores. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-12-20 8:21:57 PM |
| #13 I was working at home one day and saw Katie's colonoscopy....fascinating...towards the top, I'd swear I saw her brain stem |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-20 8:04:28 PM |
| #12 Hiring a "superstar" to the tunes of tens of millions of dollars is a perfect confirmation that the MSM just don't get it. The time of promoting form over substance, while manipulating what the people think they know, is over. The MSM beast is in the final spasms of its agony. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-12-20 6:42:24 PM |
| #11 Well, she is bubbly isn't she? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-12-20 5:27:58 PM |
| #10 The MSM meltdown continues apace. The media lords have drawn exactly the wrong conclusions from the recent dust-up: that they need more of a tilt to the left, more emotive editorializing, and more form over substance. The appointment of Al Qatie to a major anchor desk will be the end of any pretense of serious journalism. They have probably tried to heed the "voice of the people," but to them that is Indymedia, Mother Jones, and the radical fringe in Hollywood. Edward R. Murrow is turning over in his grave. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-20 4:45:37 PM |
| #9 By the way, how's that investigation coming, CBS? Hello? |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-12-20 2:53:23 PM |
| #8 Mrs D - Oops - rolled off the page? Sorry!!! Okay, then, this page and this page have (paranoid, now, so 2 of 'em, heh) the short version. I can look a little harder and find another of the full, longer, version where he tells everyone to get out of their chairs and go to the windo... if ya really want it, heh. Heading out for the afternoon, though, on a "date". Back later. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-20 2:51:41 PM |
| #7 Too bad they can't get Ted from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-12-20 2:47:32 PM |
| #6 What a bitch! I hate her, but I never watched Dan either, CBS is boring! |
| Posted by: Uleque Hupolurong1866 2004-12-20 2:38:02 PM |
| #5 Thanks for the thought, .com, but it's gone. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-20 1:29:40 PM |
| #4 Mrs D - Here's your WAV file, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-20 12:43:31 PM |
| #3 Yes, Al Katy would fit well into the CBS "News" org.. I'm sure she can read a teleprompter but their isn't really much up there. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-12-20 12:41:56 PM |
| #2 Where's Angela Davis when you need her?... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-20 12:00:41 PM |
| #1 Howard Beale |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-20 11:58:42 AM |