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Sawyer vs. Couric: Duel At Sunrise |
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Maybe a new duel |
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05/30/2005 |
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what an interesting read.
2 things jumped out at me:
1) "Whether it??s her doing or the producers??, Couric logged 4,826 minutes in 2004, doing interviews and feature segments in the 7-to-9 A.M. time slot, compared with Lauer??s 4,154 minutes, according to Andrew Tyndall, who analyzes TV-news content. That??s an eleven-hour difference in face time. (Sawyer and Gibson are virtually equally matched; in fact, he edges her by 38 minutes.)"
2) "On the Tuesday that Touchet was fired by Neal Shapiro, the producer went back to his office after getting the news and then received a call from Couric. She was on the line to suggest a story for the next day relating to coverage of the new pope. When Touchet explained that he had been let go and wouldn??t be producing the show, Couric blurted out, ??That wasn??t supposed to happen until Friday.?? (Touchet, who didn??t return calls, repeated her comment immediately to other staffers standing around his office at the time and subsequently told his friends that Couric didn??t even try to fake the usual so-sorry-wish-you-well niceties; instead she abruptly ended the call.) When Lauer organized a good-bye dinner for Touchet and senior staffers, no one was surprised that Couric was not there." |
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Sawyer vs. CURRY!
Next Tuesday: Ann talks to Angelina Jolie. Diane talks to Brad Pitt. It's WAR!
CBS gets -- well, are Rob and Amber back from their honeymoon? :-->
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