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Changes Coming To CBS News

TheBigA said:
Not sure that the studio in DC will be ready by September. That move may not happen for a few more months.
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This is why I wonder why they canned Glor so early if they really were not ready for O'Donnell to take over. It's not like the ratings were going to get any worse.
 
Don CT said:
This is why I wonder why they canned Glor so early if they really were not ready for O'Donnell to take over. It's not like the ratings were going to get any worse.
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If you go back to when these decisions were made, they came with a new President of CBS News, who was making changes in all CBS News shows, not just the Evening News. The decision was to make CBS more female-centric for all their shows. So the lead anchor for CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, and Face The Nation are all women.
 
TheBigA said:
If you go back to when these decisions were made, they came with a new President of CBS News, who was making changes in all CBS News shows, not just the Evening News. The decision was to make CBS more female-centric for all their shows.
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If they want to make these moves fine, but CBS News seemed to rush it just to say they have woman anchors now. Why not wait until the start of the fall season and really hype it up.
 
Don CT said:
If they want to make these moves fine, but CBS News seemed to rush it just to say they have woman anchors now. Why not wait until the start of the fall season and really hype it up.
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If you read the article in the OP, the head of news wanted to "shake things up." In the light of all the "me too" and the firing of Les Moonves, the intent was to change things quickly. The fall season is mainly for the entertainment division, not as much for the news division.
 
Don CT said:
This is why I wonder why they canned Glor so early if they really were not ready for O'Donnell to take over. It's not like the ratings were going to get any worse.
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I think theyve gotten worse since the anchor switch to norah she is better being on the morning news in my opinion.
 
TheBigA said:
If you go back to when these decisions were made, they came with a new President of CBS News, who was making changes in all CBS News shows, not just the Evening News. The decision was to make CBS more female-centric for all their shows. So the lead anchor for CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, and Face The Nation are all women.
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I like how these new higher ups come in and make these stupid moves just to throw there weight around and end up losing ratings over it.
 
kidrauhl said:
I like how these new higher ups come in and make these stupid moves just to throw there weight around and end up losing ratings over it.
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I swear some of the people on this thread would probably do better as the president of cbs in getting ratings.
 
kidrauhl said:
I swear some of the people on this thread would probably do better as the president of cbs in getting ratings.
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I doubt it, because Walter Cronkite passed away years ago so their options would be limited.

As any company racked with internal scandal and public pressure, it's a requirement to change-up management. I'm sure the Board of Directors were looking for two things: Heads, and visible (from a PR perspective) changes. Hiring a new President, who didn't make public-facing changes, wouldn't have flown.
 
Kelly A said:
As any company racked with internal scandal and public pressure, it's a requirement to change-up management. I'm sure the Board of Directors were looking for two things: Heads, and visible (from a PR perspective) changes.
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This is not an algorithm for success; it has turned into an infinite loop at CBS News.
 
TheBigA said:
Depends on what you mean by success.
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I suppose that, by certain metrics, placing third in a three-way race could be considered successful.

There's nothing they can do to force people to watch the evening news.
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There's nothing forcing people to watch the competition's evening news and morning "news" programs, either.
 
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Kelly A said:
I doubt it, because Walter Cronkite passed away years ago so their options would be limited.

As any company racked with internal scandal and public pressure, it's a requirement to change-up management. I'm sure the Board of Directors were looking for two things: Heads, and visible (from a PR perspective) changes. Hiring a new President, who didn't make public-facing changes, wouldn't have flown.
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I mean if they are going to bring in someone just for pr purposes thats stupid and part of the reason they are fialing as a network you know how cbs big thing is americas most watched network well they might have to start looking for a new slogan because that sure as hell is not the case anymore.
 
kidrauhl said:
I think theyve gotten worse since the anchor switch to norah she is better being on the morning news in my opinion.
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I can understand where you're coming from. We did see more of Norah's "lighter" side, if you will, on CTM. Whereas now on the evening news, that's no longer the case. Understandably so I might add, because CBS wants a reputation of reporting hard news.

Overall though, I do think CBS (out of the five major news stations) truly resembles news the most these days. :cool:
 
The Media Observer said:
I can understand where you're coming from. We did see more of Norah's "lighter" side, if you will, on CTM. Whereas now on the evening news, that's no longer the case. Understandably so I might add, because CBS wants a reputation of reporting hard news.

Overall though, I do think CBS (out of the five major news stations) truly resembles news the most these days. :cool:
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CBS probably has the best news division out of the whole bunch. They just can't seem to find the right anchors.
 
I suppose from a ratings perspective that is the case. However, it could be credibly argued that O'Donnell is a superior anchor to either Holt or Muir.
 
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