CBS Makes "Aggressive Move" to Help Katie Couric
CBS News is expected to announce on Thursday that Rome Hartman is being ousted as
CBS Evening News' executive producer, with former CNN and MSNBC prez Rick Kaplan to take his place. "Changes
had to be made," a source tells the
New York Post, alluding to
Katie Couric's February-sweeps ratings, which again found her a distant third
and, worse, delivering a six-percent smaller audience than
Bob Schieffer drew a year ago. Adds the
Post's insider, "This was a competitive move, an aggressive move by [CBS News president] Sean [McManus]."
And if
this doesn't work? We CGI in a third, fabulous gam for K.C.
