I’m not sure how you bitches feel when we cover pure media stories, but this gossip pretty juicy. Apparently, Katie Couric’s CBS contract comes up for renewal next May, and Page Six’s sources claim that she’s thinking about leaving her gig as anchor of CBS’s Evening News. They also think that Couric might go back to the Today show, because apparently, Meredith Vieira is also considering leaving, because her husband is sick and she wants to spend more time with her family:
Katie Couric might end up back on the “Today” show when her “CBS Evening News” contract expires at the end of May. A spot will be open because Meredith Vieira is expected to leave “Today” to spend more time with her family.
Sources say Couric had been talking with her old friend Jeff Zucker, her producer at “Today” before he rose to CEO of NBC-Universal. But Zucker’s just-announced exit from the network won’t preclude a Couric move to NBC.
She’s also lunched with Time Warner chairman Jeff Bewkes, whose empire includes CNN. Sources also say she gets along famously with CBS boss Les Moonves and might stay with the Tiffany Network, although for a much lower paycheck than the $15 million a year she’s said to be making now.
[From Page Six]
I kind of think it would be a dumb move for Couric to go back to Today. Even though she would probably get a lucrative contract, everyone would be like “Oh, she couldn’t hack the hard news, she had to go back to morning television.” I don’t think that – I think Couric has ended up being a solid anchor, with a few bumps here and there. I also think it would be step down to go from network news to CNN – especially since CNN’s ratings are plummeting. Of course, CBS’s ratings aren’t awesome (for the news anyway).
