On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> Turns out that Couric will be Yahoo's "Global Anchor" as they intend to > expand Yahoo News from being an aggregator to a creator of news > content--they've already made some noteworthy hires from the NYT, including > columnist David Pogue: > > http://www.thewrap.com/katie-couric-joins-yahoo-global-anchor/ > > I have read several news releases on this that make it sound like the ABC News/Yahoo partnership means this is something of an in-house move, but I don't think so. Katie's role in ABC news has been diminishing for quite some time now, and I don't think anyone there really sees her as either a ratings or credibility magnet. From what I have read, the ratings for her talk show have been mediocre (clearly, she is not the next Oprah) and there is nothing in the Disney body language that suggests it will be renewed. It seems clear to me that Katie has now plowed through the three major broadcast networks, is having a tiff with her main contact at the only real cable option open to her (MSNBC and Fox News not options for obvious reasons), and so is leaving both broadcast and cable for the only mode she still has not burned her bridges with. I imagine in three years she will sign a deal with Google or Apple, and then maybe Netflix or Amazon.com. In ten years she will probably sign the first deal to be the Galactic Anchor for the International Space Station Network. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
