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...early rehirement at NBC...
...planning to fill his days by writing a book and, perhaps, giving lectures to journalism students. But last week, in a move that amazed the television industry, Salant announced that on May 1, the day after he leaves the CBS payroll, he will become vice chairman of rival NBC, responsible for news and corporate planning. "I'm terrified of retirement," Salant explained. "The truth is, I don't know how to teach or how to write a book...
During Salant's reign, the CBS Evening News passed NBC'S Nightly News in the ratings (ABC has generally been a distant third), and became the first network newscast to expand from 15 minutes to half an hour. CBS News under Salant also launched the popular TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes, mounted controversial documentaries, and otherwise cultivated an image as the classiest of network news operations. A Harvard-trained lawyer, Salant was initially viewed with suspicion by CBS journalists, who feared he would succumb to commercial pressure from network higher-ups. But he won journalistic respect for his tough...
Salant has long pressed CBS brass, unsuccessfully, to expand the evening network news to a full hour and give documentaries a regular time slot in the programming schedule. "All those ideas I've been pushing at CBS all these years, I'll now try out at NBC," he promised last week at a farewell party at CBS News's studios on Manhattan's West Side. "They've got a good organization at NBC; it's just that their morale is shot...
...Associated Press-NBC News poll taken last week showed that the President's peacemaking role, while widely applauded, had not transformed his presidency. True, 44% of those questioned gave high approval to Carter's conduct of foreign policy, a rise of 9 points in one month. But 47% rated his handling of energy problems as poor-the most negative rating ever accorded Carter by the poll-and 41% had the same low estimate of his management of the economy. His overall approval was a lowly 29%, up only 1 point from last month...