New Nightline: Eight New Staffers

“While Times Square will figure prominently,” Nightline EP James Goldston “said that Washington would continue to be the show’s base of operations,” B&C reports. “He said the production team had stayed pretty much intact, pointing out the show has six edit suites in Washington and only two in New York. He said the Nightline staff head count had actually gone up by eight members.”

> Also: “There will be a short closing segment after the last commercial break that takes a wry look at a less serious story,” called “Sign of the Times.” “Asked if that were a response to the Jon Stewart competition, he said no, more a chance ‘to squeeze every last drop out of a broadcast and to a little bit playful in some of what we do.’ He suggested such a story might look at President Bush’s inability to get out a door during a trip to Asia.”