NBC Names New Chief for News Program
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Alexandra Wallace, a vice president of the news division, will replace John Reiss, and be charged with maintaining the programâs lead in the ratings over âWorld News With Charles Gibsonâ on ABC.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - &quot;NBC Nightly News&quot; maintained its ratings lead on Brian Williams&#39; first night as the telecast&#39;s new anchor and managing editor following Tom Brokaw&#39;s tenure of more than 20 years, NBC said Friday.
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Tom Brokaw's successor is a NASCAR dad who considers pizza night with the kids sacred &#151; thin crust, please &#151; and listened to hundreds of hours of White House tapes from the Johnson administration for fun. Brian Williams, whose tenure began Thursday, is no stranger to regular viewers of NBC's "Nightly News," but his success depends on whether viewers grow to know and like him as much as his predecessor.
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NBC Universal named Jeff Zucker chief  executive on Tuesday, a widely expected move that caps the  swift rise of the 41-year-old executive charged with improving  results for its TV network and presiding over a digital media  make-over.
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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. on Thursday named former ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne as its new chief executive, replacing Sharon Patrick.
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Newscaster Paula Zahn will leave CNN next month after nearly six years at the cable network to make way for a new prime-time program hosted by freshly hired former NBC News correspondent Campbell Brown.
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Katie Couric said Sunday she&#039;s ready to take over a revamped &quot;CBS Evening News&quot; that aims for in-depth, nuanced coverage of world events &amp;#151; and more than ready to be the newscaster rather than the news.
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Facing a ratings challenge from ABC, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" turned to a new executive producer who will be the first woman in a decade to lead a weeknight newscast.
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CNN has a new boss for the second time in 14 months: former CBS News executive Jonathan Klein, who will oversee programming and editorial direction at the second-ranked cable news network.
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To mark his first official appearance as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, Ben Silverman opened a news conference on Monday with announcements intended to inject a blast of energy into that networkâs struggling prime-time performance.
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CNN said Monday that it has hired anchor Campbell Brown of NBC News, one day after she announced on "Weekend Today" that she would be leaving as host.
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NBC Universal is set to name Jeff Zucker to succeed chief executive Robert Wright, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Gordon Manning was a television news executive for both NBC and CBS who helped guide the coverage of important news events.
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Jeff Zucker, who made his mark as executive producer of NBC's "Today" show, is expected to be named chief executive of NBC Universal this week, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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ABC appointed Charles Gibson as the new anchor of its struggling &quot;World News Tonight&quot; broadcast on Tuesday, replacing Elizabeth Vargas.
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CNN appointed Jonathan Klein, who used to be the No..2 executive at CBS News, as president of its domestic network.
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NBC Universal said on Thursday it will  expand the roles of three of its senior executives following  the appointment of its new chief executive.