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Katie Couric Dancing Away from CBS News

Max Read · 04/04/11 02:46AM

CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will leave the program in May, according to a "network executive" who has apparently not been paying attention to the thousands of news and gossip items that essentially confirmed the departure forever ago. [AP]

What Poor Soul Will Replace Katie Couric?

Hamilton Nolan · 03/28/11 01:54PM

In your suspicious Monday media column: Katie Couric's future mulled, a racist theater review mocked, the WaPo's redesign criticized, the NYT paywall arrives, and Maer Roshan has a new hobby.

Katie Couric Hints at Leaving CBS on the Late Show

Whitney Jefferson · 03/23/11 10:30AM

Dave turned his interview with Katie Couric into a brief interrogation about if she'll leave the network when her contract with the CBS Evening News is up in June. He grills her, suggesting that it's "not like a temp gig."

Media A-Listers Flock to Futuristic Hellscape

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/11 01:32PM

In your interactive Tuesday media column: anywhere is better than "South by," the NYT vs HuffPo feud continues, the Tribune bankruptcy is predictably troublesome, Carl Paladino hates the press, and your mandatory Katie Couric rumor of the day.

AOL Lays Off Hundreds in Corporate Synergy Massacre

Hamilton Nolan · 03/10/11 01:49PM

In your painful Thursday media column: major layoffs at AOL, reporters in peril in Libya, the latest Katie Couric career rumors, anonymous commenting debated, and Newsday is new, somehow.

A Glee Guide for Straight Guys

Brian Moylan · 02/04/11 04:55PM

Fox has scheduled its love-it-or-hate-it hit Glee in the time slot immediately following the Super Bowl. This means millions of drunk straight guys will watch the beginning and think, "What the hell?" We're here to fill you in.

Government Officials Join the Protesters in Egypt

John Cook · 02/04/11 12:59PM

Re-energized protesters kept up the pressure on Hosni Mubarak in the 11th day of massive demonstrations across Egypt today. The violence of the past two days seems to have abated, and prominent government figures have taken to the streets.

Leave Our Katie Couric Alone!

Jim Newell · 02/02/11 01:02PM

America's news anchors, most notably Anderson Cooper, are getting beaten up left and right by pro-Mubarak troublemakers today. Here's "America's Girl," Katie Couric, narrowly escaping as the mob circles her. Don't threaten our national lady-mascot, Egypt. Just don't.

Katie Couric: "Can You Explain What Internet Is?"

Matt Cherette · 01/28/11 05:15PM

Here's a recently re-discovered oldie—and goodie!—to show how far technology has come in the last two decades. Watch this Today Show clip from 1994, featuring Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel's complete confusion about what, exactly, the Internet is.

Katie Couric Rescues Snowbound Billionaire

Brian Moylan · 01/27/11 11:31AM

Media mogul Barry Diller was driving his Maserati through a snowy Central Park this morning when it got stuck. Luckily Katie Couric happened by to help push it out—in the wrong direction. Rich people really don't "get" snow.