It’s oh so quiet. Assuming that Neal Shapiro is indeed on the way out, who will take his place? Here’s some speculation, from the tip box and elsewhere:
> A few weeks ago Phil Griffin was named Executive in Charge of ‘Today.’ Was it a temporary move, designed to put Griffin in line for Shapiro’s job?
> MSNBC prez Rick Kaplan was always said to be ready to take over for Shapiro…
> A tipster suggests this move: “Zucker ‘voluntarily’ steps down to take over news, to ‘help’ his good buddy Bob Wright, and Scott Sassa takes Zucker’s job.”
> How about Cheryl Gould, who worked under Andy Lack before being sent to CNBC?
> Was Richard Leibner really making phone calls yesterday telling people that he was wrong: Henry Schleiff WASN’T in the running?
> Drudge said Steve Capus would take over, but NBC denied it, and FTVLive says Capus is replacing Bill Wheatley as VP. “Drudge had a bad source,” Capus told colleagues today…
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