The NYT’s Jacques Steinberg has the scoop:
“Dan Rather, whose agreement to leave CBS News after 44 years could be final as soon as this evening, said in an interview today that he was seriously considering an offer from Mark Cuban, the unbridled owner of the Dallas Mavericks, to be the host and producer of a one-hour weekly news program for HDNet, a high-definition television channel that Mr. Cuban’s company owns.”
“What I expect to do, what I hope to do, is bring this HDNet thing to fruition,” Rather said. He has committed to “deliver at least two documentaries a year” to HDNet as well. He hasn’t signed the three-year contract yet…
> HDNet is the first all-high definition national TV network…
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