Word: cbs
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Past recipients of the Goldsmith Career Award include Peter Jen- nings, ABC News anchor; Mike Wallace, correspondent for CBS News' "60 Minutes" and Bob Woodward, a reporter for the Washington Post...
...which frequently beats both Letterman and Leno in the late-night ratings; two successful prime-time magazine shows in 20/20 and PrimeTime Live; and the most impressive array of news stars in television. But one of them, Diane Sawyer, could use a window in her contract to jump to CBS, while several others--Jennings, Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel--are getting a little long in the tooth. "It's no secret that there's been a certain malaise at ABC News," says Brit Hume, former chief White House correspondent, who left ABC for Fox News in December. "There...
...spot. Still, Arledge is widely revered by ABC News veterans, who toss around words like genius when referring to him. "He's the best news president I've ever worked for," says Tom Bettag, executive producer of Nightline, who saw plenty of them come and go at CBS before joining ABC in 1991. "When you compare him, not to perfection, but to other human beings, there's nobody better...
Westin's appointment came as a surprise to many in the news division. While both NBC and CBS have recently opted for news presidents with substantial producing experience (CBS's Andrew Heyward and NBC's Andrew Lack are both former newsmagazine producers), Westin is a lawyer who joined ABC in 1991 as general counsel. He moved up quickly, becoming head of the network's in-house production units and then president of the network, overseeing news, sports, entertainment and other operations. Yet Westin, caught between strong division chiefs and his immediate superior, Iger, found his duties constricted, and he jumped...
...development shows: episodes can vary widely in terms of quality. The series has nearly 500 producers, associate producers, researchers and technical-staff members deployed in up to 10 different production teams around the country churning out 130 episodes a year. Two of the units are actually contracted divisions of cbs News Productions and abc News Productions. This is a savvy, cost-effective move on A&E's part, given those organizations' vast photo and film archives. Says Cascio: "The big rule around here is, you've got to find the baby picture...