Another round of layoffs is coming to CBS News this fall, according to The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana.
The network is already in tough shape after cutting 100 jobs in February. This summer Katie Couric’s CBS Evening News saw its worst ratings in 20 years. Nobody at the news network has been Read More
“We’re not doing it for ratings,” said Sean McManus.
It was the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 25, and Mr. McManus, the president of CBS News and Sports, was on the phone with The Observer talking about an upcoming, multi-day initiative at CBS News, which will focus on the state of the war in Afghanistan. Read More
Dan Rather and CBS News president Sean McManus had their end-of-the-Rather-era lunch today, as scheduled. The meal was at media hotspot Gabriel’s, on 60th Street and Broadway, and lasted two hours, according to a source with knowledge of the lunch. They were “amiable and engaged in energetic conversation” throughout. Both had the ravioli.
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Here is everything we know about the future anchor of the CBS Evening News, as outlined on Jan. 18 by the extremely tight-lipped, by-all-accounts-visionary and shorter-than-you’d-expect Sean McManus, the boy-wonder president of CBS News:
The person will be “recognizable to the American public.” He/She will have “great journalistic credentials,” “credibility,” “a persona” and, more than Read More
