Word: cbs
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...parent company Disney are being accused of selling out journalism itself - all for negotiating with the late-night talk-show host to jump from CBS and replace Ted Koppel. (Letterman draws younger viewers and so more advertiser's dollars, whereas news programs are traditionally a magnet for Metamucil ads.) The news sent New York's chattering class into a frenzy; as of this writing, this national crisis has prompted three front-page New York Times articles, and counting...
...This year, however, I happened to flip over to CBS at a critical juncture and, to my surprise, found myself enraptured. The Soggy Bottom Boys, a fictional band created for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" were performing the come-from-behind hit of the evening, "I Am A Man (Of Constant Sorrow)", accompanied by Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. Well, I'll tell you, I just about fell out of my chair when the little Grammy logo popped up - I'd just enjoyed a song, and I was watching the Grammys...
...RAIDING THE HEALTH FUND? Who benefited from Enron's employee-benefits fund? It wasn't just the company's workers, according to Robin Hosea, a former accountant in the benefits department. Hosea's lawyer, Randy McClanahan, confirms what Hosea first told CBS News: in early 2001 Hosea noticed suspicious payments made from the fund in 2000 that hadn't been approved by anyone in her department. She said those payments, totaling roughly $15 million, went for unspecified purposes that had nothing to do with employee benefits. Her superiors stonewalled efforts to trace the payments. In addition, Hosea found evidence...
...hypothetical analogy. Parallels in the real world simply don't exist. Business media mogul Michael Bloomberg becoming mayor of New York, for example, is small polenta compared to the Italian Prime Minister owning his country's three major private television networks. Imagine instead Bloomberg as majority shareholder in both CBS and NBC making a successful run for the U.S. presidency - and then refusing to give up his stake in the networks once he moved into the White House...
Nielsen Media Research reported that 72 million people watched at least part of the show. Friday’s rating was 57 percent higher than NBC had for Sydney’s opening ceremony, and 49 percent higher than CBS got for the last Winter Games...