From “Today” to “GMA” (for a week): The former CBS News anchor and “Today” co-host is only filling in for “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts while she’s on vacation — but in the process, she’s giving NBC a headache. How did the “Today” newsroom handle this info? A staffer told Fox News: “There were a lot of jaws dropping all over the place. … Then there was a lot of sniping.” But rest assured, morning news enthusiasts, Couric’s appearance is just a one-time thing; she’s prepping for the September debut of her talk show, “Katie.” source
It’ll be sort of a little bit of what Oprah did. Obviously, no one can ever fill Oprah’s shoes, but some of the things that she did on her show, some of the things we used to do on the Today show.Katie Couric • Describing to Jay Leno her plans for her new show, which will hit the airwaves around September of next year. She signed a contract with ABC on this matter yesterday, and her right-hand man for the show is Jeff Zucker, a man who can get thrown out of NBC during a huge merger, but can’t make coffee. Her transition comes at the perfect time — her main competition is pretty much gone, her rep for news reporting faltered with her time on CBS, and with the ABC deal, she gets to keep her toes in the news side if she so desires. source (via • follow)
In April, all the chief members of Ms. Couric’s support group — Mr. Berger; her publicist, Matthew Hiltzik; and her lawyer, Craig Jacobson — met at Mr. Zucker’s apartment in Manhattan to thrash out the options. While Mr. Zucker struggled to figure out how to make coffee for the group, he led the discussion, writing down pros and cons on a large easel. The cases for ABC and CBS were extremely close, and though members of Ms. Couric’s team said ABC had taken a slight edge in everyone’s opinion, they said they believed CBS remained interested right until the end.
Yo Jeff: Coffee grounds. Filter. Water. Go. It’s not that hard brah.
Also worth noting: The Atlantic Wire, where we sourced this from, has this really cool open comment thread idea where regular users can pitch stories.
Farewell to Katie Couric: It was widely discussed recently, but now it’s official: the CBS Evening News anchor will be calling it quits, she confirmed in an interview with People. She helmed the network’s nightly news show from 2006 until now, replacing then-interim host Bob Schieffer. Couric made it clear that she’ll be back on the airwaves, though: “I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling.” We’re very interested to see where she lands, and wish her all the best. source
OK guys, next time we talk about Sarah Palin’s dislike of journalists or how she’s gonna clean up the field of journalism, or how all Katie Couric is biased against her or something, let’s keep in mind this chestnut from 1988, where Palin, as sportscaster, shows her chops as a journalist. For some reason, we still prefer Katie Couric after all of this. (thanks nbclocal) source
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