Andrew Tyndall
Andrew Tyndall
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Being the lead face of a network news division is still the Holy Grail of broadcast journalism.
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There's no reason why CBS News can't be an online brand, a Tiffany brand there. But you don't do it by saying the future lies in television.
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This is someone who cares about what the future of his organization will look like and who will represent it. He can't go back on this plan.
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A few hotheads went overboard on this, but not the media as a whole.
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After a slow start in the first week, The Early Show has offered the heaviest coverage in the last two weeks.
If they were going to get more they were going to get it by now.
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CBS News has already righted itself...It turns out they had all the talent they needed in house.
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Basically what it shows is that NBC is not confident that Matt Lauer can carry the show in the short term until a new partner gets up to speed.
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She hasn't got any track record in the evening. She might alienate as many viewers as she attracts.
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She hasn't done hard news for years, but I'm absolutely confident she knows how. The question is: Does she want to do it? I don't think she does.
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She knows how to do live television. She would be the one doing the nine-hour stints in the anchor chair, and doing morning television prepares you for that.
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She might alienate as many viewers as she attracts. It's an awful lot of money you're spending on her, so just to break even you've got to increase your audience by a significant amount.
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I can't see how that would be an improvement. In her heart of hearts, I think she wants to be a serious journalist. And, there's no room for serious journalism in the 'Oprah' hour.
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They have always been very careful to groom replacements in-house, teach them the house style and basically have them fit into the ongoing mechanism that exists already.