Couric To CBS: Morning Papers

By Brian 

> NY Daily News: “Does Katie Couric’s estimated annual salary at CBS – $15 million a year – boggle your mind? Think of it this way: it’s almost $300,000 a week. Or $60,000 a day…”

> Here are Lisa de Moraes‘ winners and losers in the Katie/CBS deal…

> Don Hewitt tells Roger Friedman that he thinks Couric will do fine on the CBS Evening News…

> Walter Cronkite tells NYP: “I think she’s highly capable, and I’m absolutely delighted that she’s come over to CBS…”

> Judy Woodruff says: “I don’t think Katie is coming to CBS because she wants to do ‘Entertainment Tonight’. She’s coming here because she wants to be part of a great news team…”

> Good luck, Katie: “Katie Couric’s move to evening-shift news may catch the attention of viewers for a while, analysts say, though it is unlikely she can reverse the chronic decline in the network evening audience,” the Tribune ledes…

> Tim Goodman says Couric’s move to CBS is much ado about nothing…

> I bet you’re wondering: What does Alessandra Stanley think?…

> Tom Jicha has a great lead: “America knows Katie Couric as smart, sophisticated and fashionable. South Florida’s television community recalls her as a homeless bag lady…”

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