Andrew Heyward
Andrew Heyward
Andrew Heyward is a former President of CBS News, serving from January 1996 until early November 2005. Currently, he is a principal at MarketspaceNext and Heyward Advisory LLC, where he works with clients to create and strengthen original online content, make more effective use of broadband video, deepen engagement through online communities, and develop new business models for the digital era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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feel bound by the traditional definition of what makes a CBS News anchor.
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The accusation that there was bias in CBS News' reporting of election night results is completely without foundation.
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CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report,
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He has symbolized the 'CBS Evening News' for nearly a quarter century, ... He'll continue to apply his talents to everything he does at CBS News.
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Enough questions have been raised that we're going to redouble our efforts to answer those questions,
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Ten years in this job is a really long time. These are tough assignments. I'm pleased I'm leaving in an amicable, civilized, mutually respectful way. Leslie felt it was time for a change and so did I.
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That's totally ridiculous, ... I would say on a scale of 1 to 100 that had zero to do with it. The organization has moved on.
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We could not have asked for a more inspirational partner to create an equally inspirational and entertaining DVD series.
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Leslie has not set a firm timetable. But we're making good progress.
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Consumer products are always a help. It provides the company with good cash flow, if not a lot of growth.
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It's not a casting call. This is not a test of who should be on the evening news. It's a test of how best to present a broadcast that plays a distinctive and important role in today's crowded news landscape.
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Each of the networks is in a period of transition. It is extraordinary.
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Still later that night, ... another series of confusions took place -- including what at this juncture appears to be a very significant computer error made by the Volusia County Elections Department -- which led to another series of bad calls by television networks and newspapers across the nation.
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It's going to be an honest, fair, unvarnished look at what we do, and that means that it's an experiment. It's a risk. Not everybody approves of what we do. But I'm banking on the fact that people will also see how much effort we make about being fair and being ethical.