CBS News “will use the spring and summer to try some experiments” around Bob Schieffer, Andrew Heyward tells Ed Bark. “I think an ensemble of featured correspondents might be an interesting alternative to the more conventional format that everybody uses now.”
But a “system of multiple studio-bound anchors dispensing the news from several cities,” as had been speculated, “has never been in the CBS game plan.” “It was widely misunderstood,” Heyward says. “But the notion of having a team that takes a primary role in reporting the news is not off the table.” He says the model is more like “60 Minutes” than ABC’s failed tri-anchor system…
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