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2008-04-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 D *** NG IT, WE = THE NET MADE KATIE COURIC CRY
[ergo Baby Jesus?]???

In time, vv MICRO/NANO-TECHS I'm anticipating CBS + ABC + NBC, etc. TO MERGE INTO A BBC-STYLE NATIONAL-GLOBAL BROADCASTING CORPS. Print/Paper-intensive mediums will devol into HARDCOPY RECORDS-ARCHIVES INDUSTRIES. IMO they'll have to in order to effec compete wid INDEPENDENT NET-BLOG NEWS + HOME-PERSONAL HAND MEDIAS.

Blurps, Blips, and Blops.

* HOLLYWOOD > Many Celebs are reportedly already sponsoring, producing, andor starring in NET-FOCUSED/CENTRIC PERSONAL FILMS, VIDS, + MOVIES.

* NET > mostly MALE Tweens + MALE Adults > Surveys says wanna see BABES, BOOBS, BEER, STUFF + GAMES, CORRECT??? USDOD DESIRES TO RECRUIT MORE GEEKS AND TECHNONERDS-GAMERS, CORRECT???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-09 00:48|| 2008-04-09 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Broadly speaking, the executives described conversations about reducing CBSs news-gathering capacity while keeping its frontline personalities, like Katie Couric, the CBS Evening News anchor, and paying a fee to CNN to buy the cable networks news feeds.

Basically making Ms. Couric the equivalent of a blogger. A blogger with a $15 million annual salary.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-09 01:42|| 2008-04-09 01:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Why not? They have been outsourcing their reporting to the BBC and Al Jazeera for years already.

Posted by Gliling Lumplump3518 2008-04-09 05:03|| 2008-04-09 05:03|| Front Page Top

#4 reducing CBSs news-gathering capacity while keeping its frontline personalities, like Katie Couric and paying a fee to CNN to buy the cable networks news feeds

In other words, revenues are tanking and they going to fire the majority of their staff. But Katie and the other personalities have solid contracts so they might as well allow them to news-read for their half hour until their contracts run out.

Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-09 06:20|| 2008-04-09 06:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The zombies at CBS have no imagination. If you're going to outsource, go with Univision. I betcha for a shot at the traditional American market both Jorge and the ladies could articulate decent English for a half hour. First, we get some babes with gams to match some of the Defender-Scimitar/Times-Picayune's best. Second, we'll finally get coverage of an entire continent south of us rather than the the ash heap of history once known as Europe.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-09 08:10|| 2008-04-09 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 So they will replace complete crap with absolute bullshit.

Sounds like a winning formula.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-09 10:20|| 2008-04-09 10:20|| Front Page Top

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