On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wasn't aware Conkhite had the title. I don't know the extent of > Cronkhite's reach. > At a newspaper, the managing editor is typically the No. 2 position and as > such directs EVERYTHING in the newsroom. News, sports, business, features. I > can't see Couric giving direction to the news magazines, the overnight news, > the morning show, etc. > As an anchor, she might be the equivalent of a Page 1 editor. But maybe I'm > trying to stretch the analogy between newspapers and TV too far. > The Anchor has been the managing editor of CBS Evening News, not of CBS News. Cronkite, and to a lesser extent Rather, did have a voice on other matters in the News Division, and I suspect CBS News ran relatively few stories that Cronkite strongly disapproved of. But he only had formal authority over what went on his newscast - and other programs he anchored. It is probably true that Katie has less influence over other parts of CBS News than her predecessors did. Your analogy works withing the confines of the newscast though - when Katie first went to CBS she basically wanted a show with more human interest, health and lifestyle features than hard news, which is the kind of judgment the managing editor of a newspaper might make. Her producer is responsible for carrying out that judgment, and her bosses (in some kind of collaboration with herself) eventually decided that was not a good balance, so they basically went back to the old format. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
