She led the Today show on NBC to fabulous ratings. Her turn at the CBS Evening News has been less dazzling. Now what?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:44:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38879/mired-in-3rd-place-couric-rallies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the New York Times reports, the ratings payoff has been modest at best.http://www.newser.com/story/38879/mired-in-3rd-place-couric-rallies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 01 Oct 2008 9:08:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33545/want-to-oust-couric-show-her-the-money.html?refid=rss_all_defaultKatie Couric is keeping her CBS Evening News gig because it would be too expensive to fire her, sources tell the New York Post. Couric has a “pay or play” clause that would force the network to fork over $40 million if it replaces her. “The contract is airtight,” says one source. Les Moonves has “tried to get her to move on, and she was like, ‘Fine. I’ll leave—where’s my money?’”http://www.newser.com/story/33545/want-to-oust-couric-show-her-the-money.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 28 Jul 2008 10:33:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27945/so-long-katie-dont-let-the-door-hit-you.html?refid=rss_all_defaultKatie Couric’s unhappy tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will soon end, and not a moment too soon for Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker. Couric seemed likely to succeed at the start, but she wound up ditching the qualities people liked in her and becoming a teleprompter-reading automaton. But above all, she lacked what declining network news shows need: passion.http://www.newser.com/story/27945/so-long-katie-dont-let-the-door-hit-you.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 20 May 2008 6:44:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25536/katie-may-wear-larry-kings-suspenders.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhen word broke that CBS and Katie Couric were poised to part ways, CNN swiftly re-signed Larry King. That was widely expected. But the contract conspicuously avoids promising King the 9pm hour he’s so long held, sources tell Verne Gay of Newsday . That leaves the door swinging invitingly for Couric, and sources say she wants the job.http://www.newser.com/story/25536/katie-may-wear-larry-kings-suspenders.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25325/courics-cbs-numbers-hit-new-low.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe CBS Evening News hit a new low for viewership, with an average of 5.39 million last week. The previous record was set last September when anchor Katie Couric visited Iraq, the New York Times reports. The latest showing is another piece of bad news for Couric after reports broke two weeks ago she could be on her way out.http://www.newser.com/story/25325/courics-cbs-numbers-hit-new-low.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24968/couric-gets-vote-of-confidence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultKatie Couric will anchor the CBS Evening News for a long time to come, the network's CEO told staffers today, TVNewser reports. Les Moonves dropped in on the daily news meeting to dispel recent rumors that Couric is not long for the newscast, which sits at the bottom of the ratings heap. At the meeting, Couric said the show is "very much family."http://www.newser.com/story/24968/couric-gets-vote-of-confidence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24602/courics-not-only-thing-networks-should-toss.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEvening network news, with or without Katie Couric aboard, is going nowhere, Ron Grover writes in BusinessWeek —then offers suggestions on what the TV giants should do to hook viewers: Make the news available on the viewers' time: Get big-name anchors on tape earlier, and put those newscasts online.http://www.newser.com/story/24602/courics-not-only-thing-networks-should-toss.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24405/trouble-at-cbs-runs-wide-and-deep.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith trouble plaguing most divisions of CBS, last week's flap over Katie Couric's contract was just one of the countless items on Les Moonves' to-do list, the New York Times reports. Ad sales are down industry-wide, Fox is on the tail of the prime-time division and gaining fast, and the radio division and online presence lag competitors.http://www.newser.com/story/24405/trouble-at-cbs-runs-wide-and-deep.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23975/cbs-may-dump-couric-early.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch from Dan Rather to Couric in 2006—after an interim with Bob Schieffer, whose ratings Couric still hasn't bested, the Journal notes.http://www.newser.com/story/23975/cbs-may-dump-couric-early.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Apr 2008 8:25:00 CDT