By Steve Huff 4/08/12 12:06pm

R.I.P.

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Legendary Journalist Mike Wallace Passes Away

Mike Wallace, long considered one of the most fearsome interviewers in broadcast news, has died. He was 93.  A spokesman for CBS told the Associated Press that Mr. Wallace died Saturday night.

Mr. Wallace went into a kind of semi-retirement from regular appearances on 60 Minutes in 2006 but kept a promise made upon announcing his slowdown to do occasional new reports, profiling Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2007 as well as “suicide doctor” Jack Kevorkian.

Over the course of his 6 decades as a newsman Mike Wallace frequently went toe-to-toe with the famous and powerful in interviews legendary for their confrontational and emotional nature. As the A.P. reports in his obituary, Mr. Wallace once managed to break through Barbra Streisand’s intensely controlled public persona: Read More

By Staff, Staff 8/14/06 12:00am

New York World

Don’t Call It an S.U.V.

We’ve gotten a sneak peak at the headlines of various feature stories slated for future editions of The New York Times. Most of them seem likely to run in the paper’s various weekly “bonus” sections (Circuits, House and Home, et al.), while others appear to be scheduled for Read More

By Staff 5/22/06 3:53am

Mike Wallace Gets 60 Minutes

In a lot of media outfits, when a big guy retires they put together some sort of festschrift, a fake front page, a book of testimonials, and give it to the guy at his retirement dinner. On 60 Minutes they do that on air, and spend a whole hour, when we might have Read More

By Staff, Staff 4/10/06 12:00am

Letters

Tasini Waits for No Man

To the Editor:

Ben Smith does a great disservice to New Yorkers by completely ignoring the primary challenge to Hillary Clinton from Jonathan Tasini in his article, “In ’06 Election, Clinton Needs to Beat Chuck’s ’04” [April 3]. There’s a lot of time between now and September, and Mrs. Clinton Read More

By Staff, Staff 3/27/06 12:00am

Editorials

Mike Wallace: A Class Act

When CBS debuted Sixty Minutes on Sept. 24, 1968, one of the co-hosts was Mike Wallace. Last week, he announced that he would retire from the show this spring, in deference to his 88 years and a remarkable career that shows no signs of flagging. Broadcast journalism is literally impossible Read More

By Rebecca Dana 3/20/06 12:00am

Sawyer Cruises, Backing Gibson As ABC Anchor

Don’t unplug that coffeepot just yet: Diane Sawyer isn’t angling to leave Good Morning America for World News Tonight, according to two ABC staffers. Instead, Ms. Sawyer has been pushing for her morning co-host, Charles Gibson, to take over the unsettled evening anchor desk.

“Diane was lobbying last week for Charlie to get the job,” Read More

By Rebecca Dana 3/20/06 12:00am

Sawyer Cruises, Backing Gibson As ABC Anchor

Don’t unplug that coffeepot just yet: Diane Sawyer isn’t angling to leave Good Morning America for World News Tonight, according to two ABC staffers. Instead, Ms. Sawyer has been pushing for her morning co-host, Charles Gibson, to take over the unsettled evening anchor desk.

“Diane was lobbying last week for Charlie to get the Read More

By Staff 7/13/05 8:36am

Pet Rock at Black Rock

CBS Digital Media and CBS News today announced plans for a major expansion of CBSNews.com, creating a 24-hour, multi-platform digital news network, bypassing cable television in favor of the nation’s fastest-growing distribution system — broadband.
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Key elements of the new CBSNews.com site will include:
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The debut of “Public Eye,” Read More

By Tom McGeveran 9/16/02 12:00am

New Deal for New York, Insists Prof. Wallace; Slash the Red Tape

A new dynamic is taking hold in lower Manhattan. Good-government groups that have long called for the diversification of the downtown economy, as well as the development of affordable housing and a more diverse retail environment for the people who live there, find that their voices are being heard-and heeded.

And they have an impressive Read More