Word: cbs
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Past winners of the prestigious award have included CNN founder Ted Turner, CBS anchor Dan Rather, and 20/20 anchor Barbara Walters...
...high praise for one of his late-night rivals, ABC's Nightline anchor TED KOPPEL. But, hey, Dave, what's all this about a possible move to ABC, presumably to take Koppel's long-held time slot? When reports leaked out that ABC was negotiating with Letterman, whose CBS contract expires in six months, disgruntled ABC News staffers (are there any other kind?) hit the roof. Nightline's ratings have been sagging, and ABC is under pressure from corporate parent Disney to boost its profits. But top news execs were miffed that they hadn't been told about the possible...
...unique footage he shot has become the heart of a two-hour CBS special, 9/11, scheduled to air on March 10 at 9 p.m. E.T. But at the CBS studios where they have been rushing since January to edit 180 hours of raw video, the soft-spoken French documentarians say they were hesitant to bring their film to TV. (At one point in 9/11, Jules, watching the news and seeing the second plane crash for the umpteenth time, says numbly, "Enough TV. Time for radio.") They ultimately signed with CBS, on condition that the network be limited to two airings...
...resulting understated documentary plays more like an independent film than a slick network news special. Says co-producer Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS's 48 Hours: "Everything about it has to be respectful and can't call attention to itself." There are no commercials, thanks to sponsor Nextel. Robert De Niro, a longtime resident of the Tribeca neighborhood near the WTC, provides a brief introduction and closing remarks. The Naudets got the blessings of the fire company--fire fighter James Hanlon co-produced and narrates--and they offered advance tapes to the families of fire fighters who were killed...
...twists. Consider oil-field-services company Halliburton. Its Dresser Industries subsidiary, which was acquired in 1998, may still face 200,000 lawsuits from a unit, Harbison-Walker, that was spun off in 1992 and that declared bankruptcy on Feb. 14. Then there is Viacom, which, via its purchase of cbs in 2000, inherited Westinghouse Electric's 130,000 lawsuits. When Dow Chemical bought Union Carbide last year, its executives were well aware that they would be inheriting litigation--but didn't expect liability concerns to push its stock down 30%, as they did during one week in January before recovering...