Diane Sawyer to Anchor 'World News': 'Another Nail in the Coffin of the Old Boys' Network'
Anyone predicting a Diane Sawyer - Katie Couric "cat fight" come January "needs to get a life," says Connie Chung . "It's a chauvinistic question," explains Chung, 63, Dan Rather 's co-anchor on "CBS Evening News" for about a minute and a half in the early '90s. "The question should be, 'How will Diane do against Brian [Williams] and Katie?'" "Good Morning America's" Sawyer, 63, will replace retirement-bound Charlie Gibson , 66, as anchor of "ABC World News" beginning in January, ABC announced...

ABC's Diane Sawyer: From 'Good Morning America' to 'World News Tonight'
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- The recent passing of broadcast-journalism giants Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt has had many remembering the history of network news. It seems likely, however, that the two CBS News vets, who were present at the creation, would have wanted to report on its future, especially given today's news that "ABC World News Tonight" has named Diane Sawyer to take over for anchor Charlie Gibson this January. With "CBS Evening News" helmed by Katie Couric, for the first time two...

ABC Anchor Charlie Gibson To Step Down
Charles Gibson is retiring as at the end of the year and Diane Sawyer will replace him in January as anchor of ABC's "World News," the network said. Gibson, 66, said he had been planning to retire at the end of 2007 but events compelled him to stay. He was named anchor following the death of Peter Jennings and the wartime injury of Bob Woodruff in 2006. He's been at ABC News for 35 years and says he plans to continue as an occasional contributor. Sawyer's elevation means that, with Katie Couric...

Diane Sawyer to Anchor 'World News': Media Reactions
Here's a sampling of how the news of Charlie Gibson 's retirement and Diane Sawyer 's new position looked across the written media: • LA Times' Matea Gold : The ascension of Sawyer cements her standing as ABC's top news personality and means that for the first time, there will be two women anchoring the networks' flagship evening news programs. But as she joins NBC's Brian Williams and CBS' Katie Couric in the top echelon of broadcast news, Sawyer faces the challenge of making her mark in...

Sawyer to take over as anchor of ABC evening news (AP)
NEW YORK – Women will anchor two of the three major network evening newscasts — the premier jobs in the TV news business — as Diane Sawyer replaces Charles Gibson , who is retiring from ABC at the end of the year. Until Katie Couric became "CBS Evening News" anchor in September 2006, no woman had held the job done by broadcast legends like Walter Cronkite , Peter Jennings , Tom Brokaw , Chet Huntley , David Brinkley and Dan Rather alone. Barbara Walters , Connie Chung and...

Diane Sawyer Replacing Charlie Gibson As ABC "World News" Anchor
Diane Sawyer will replace Charlie Gibson as ABC "World News" anchor, the New York Post's Michael Starr first reported . Sawyer will become the second woman to solo-anchor the evening news, joining Katie Couric, who helms the "CBS Evening News." The move will make Brian Williams the lone man anchoring the network evening newscasts. READ Couric'S STATEMENT ON Gibson AND Sawyer HERE READ Brian Williams' STATEMENT ON Gibson AND Sawyer HERE Gibson told colleagues Wednesday that he would be leaving...

Katie Couric: Diane Sawyer "One Of The Hardest Working People I Know"
With the news that Diane Sawyer will be replacing Charlie Gibson as anchor of ABC's "World News," the network newscasts will now feature two female anchors. Katie Couric similarly made the leap from morning show host to evening news anchor when she left NBC's "Today" for the "CBS Evening News." In a statement released to the Huffington Post, Couric had kind words for both Gibson and her new competition in the evening news: Ever since my days as a desk assistant at ABC News, I've always admired...

Senior McCain Advisor: Palin Did 'Fantastic' With My Buddy Katie
Before Nicolle Wallace took over the role of senior adviser to John McCain’s presidential campaign, the wrangling on the evening news in recent weeks over Sarah Palin’s performance in interviews with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric might have been the kind of on-air debate she relished. “Governor Palin did fantastic,” the 36-year-old told The Observer in a telephone interview on the afternoon of Oct. 6. But since she took on this high-level communications job with the campaign in May of this ye

ABC's Gibson to Step Down; Sawyer Will Replace Him
Charles Gibson , the anchor of ABC ’s “World News,” is stepping down from the position at the end of this year. Diane Sawyer , the longtime “Good Morning America” host, will be his replacement. She will start in January. Mr. Gibson made the decision after long conversations with the president of ABC News, David Westin , the network said. “World News” has been finishing second in the ratings behind NBC ’s “Nightly News” with Brian...

Charles Gibson to Step Down as ABC's World News Anchor
In replacing Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer will become the second woman to assume the high-powered chair at a network newscast. You will know who the first was; that would be Katie Couric, and that "experiment" has not been all that successful. Ironically, Charles Gibson left Good Morning, America in 2006 for the World News slot, and Diane Sawyer will do the same. This will produce a sizeable GMA void, which will need fast filling. Charles Gibson will step down in January. He approached ABC News...

Diane Sawyer to replace Gibson as ABC News anchor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charles Gibson will step down as news anchor on ABC television's "World News" and will be replaced by Diane Sawyer beginning in January, ABC News said on Wednesday. Sawyer's promotion means two of the three big U.S. network nightly newscasts will be in the hands of women anchors. Katie Couric heads up "CBS Evening News." Sawyer, most recently a host of ABC's "Good Morning America" show, was a pioneer among women in American broadcast television news, becoming the first...

CES Day One: Stringer, Yang, Couric...
• Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer talks about his "alma mater CBS News" during the opening keynote. With a surprise visit from the star of an upcoming Sony Pictures release... • Look who we spotted in the NBC Universal booth... • Katie Couric goes from the CBS Evening News, to YouTube, back to the TV as Samsung unveils Internet@TV... Today @ CES: We're heading to interview FBN's Connell McShane and NBC News VP of Digital Media Mark Lukasiewicz and who knows who else we'll

ABC News: Gibson retiring, Sawyer will be anchor: PHOTO
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Gibson , who provided a steadying hand to a World News broadcast reeling from tragedy, will retire at the end of the year and ABC News appointed Diane Sawyer on Wednesday to replace him in January.

Katie Couric Phones It in [Journalismism]
Honestly, what is up with CBS News anchorlady Katie Couric? First she lets a high-school reporter scoop her, and now she's too lazy to get to a studio for Howie Kurtz's Reliable Sources?From a transcript of the CNN show:KURTZ: And Katie Couric joins me now by phone from New York. And Katie, we appreciate you calling in. You were so anxious to be on the program that you called in early. We had to call you back. Couric: Well, I didn't want to be late, Howie. I got nervous, because I've been on the...

Abc - Gibsons Departure Leaves Abc News In Flux: PHOTO
The largely perfunctory manner in which it was announced that Diane Sawyer would replace Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC's World News has left many analysts questioning the timing of Gibson's announcement and the network's response to it. Many noted that in Gibson's lengthy farewell message to ABC staff members, he made no mention at all of Sawyer. And news chief David Westin's statement merely suggested that he had no other candidate in mind when he decided to elevate Sawyer to the anchor...

Abc - Wholl Replace Sawyer On Gma: PHOTO
While ABC's decision to assign the World News anchor position to Diane Sawyer come January, when Charles Gibson steps down, may have solved one problem, it may have created a more serious one -- filling Sawyer's place on Good Morning America, the New York Times observed today (Friday). It noted that GMA "is by far the most profitable program in the news division," bringing in an estimated $50 million a year, even though it routinely places second behind NBC's Today. In an interview with the...

Diane Sawyer Taking Over World From Charlie Gibson: PHOTO
Guess Charles Gibson has decided it's somebody else's turn to kick Katie Couric 's butt in the ratings. The veteran journo announced today that he will retire from ABC's World News Tonight at the end of the year, turning the anchor desk over to his old Good Morning America cohort Diane Sawyer . Gibson, 66, took over the World News desk in May 2006, succeeding cohosts Elizabeth Vargas (who left to have a baby) and Bob Woodruff (who was severely injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq) after...

At ABC News, Attention Now Turns to 'GMA'
When David Westin solved his evening news dilemma with the promotion of the “Good Morning America” co-host Diane Sawyer this week, he created a more onerous problem for himself in the morning. With Ms. Sawyer set to move to “World News” as Charles Gibson’s replacement in January, “Good Morning America” — which essentially keeps Mr. Westin’s news division afloat financially — will suddenly be without its rudder. The network has four...

Diane Sawyer anchors her status on ABC: PHOTO
Diane Sawyer had twice been passed over for the job of anchoring ABC's evening news broadcast, first after the death of Peter Jennings, and then following the abrupt end of the Bob Woodruff-Elizabeth Vargas pairing that led the network to put the avuncular Charles Gibson in the anchor chair.

Couric Sits Down With Lieberman (and Letterman)
Katie Couric will interview Sen. Joe Lieberman today in Washington, D.C. to air tonight on the CBS Evening News. It's his first interview since it was announced he will hold on to his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Couric will be back in New York by this evening, and will appear on the Late Show with David Letterman. The last time Couric was on Letterman, she didn't know it. It was September 25 as she interviewed Sen. John McCain on the Evening News set. Letterman aired part

Debate #3: It's Better To Fade Away Than To Burn Out
 Maybe it would be better if Cranky McCrankypants just disappeared for a while, and reemerged a few days (or even a week or two) from now to swoop in with some brilliant attack ad that's effective and actually warranted, unlike everything else he's been for months.Seriously, think about it: it worked for him after his staff began bailing on him in the primary runup; then he did some soul searching, stripped everything away that wasn't working, and bit by bit, built himself back into a winne

Diane Sawyer anchors her status on ABC: PHOTO
Diane Sawyer had twice been passed over for the job of anchoring ABC's evening news broadcast, first after the death of Peter Jennings, and then following the abrupt end of the Bob Woodruff-Elizabeth Vargas pairing that led the network to put the avuncular Charles Gibson in the anchor chair.

Katie Couric - CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News: Katie Couric - Anchor, Managing Editor, CBS Evening News; Correspondent, 60 Minutes

Diane Sawyer: PHOTO
I am pleased to see Diane Sawyer stepping in to fill that vacancy. When it first became available after Peter Jennings' death, and later after Bob Woodruff's bombing, and Elizabeth Vargas' Pregnancy, it became apparent that it was a position waiting for Diane to fill. It is good to see the strides women are making in the male dominated world of evening news anchor. Thanks to Katie Couric for being brave enough to break the mold. We wish Diane all the best, and kudos to women everywhere, who in...

Charlie Gibson Being Replaced by Diane Sawyer on 'Wo
"World News Tonight" anchor Charlie Gibson is stepping down to make way for his former "Good Morning America" co-host Diane Sawyer. ABC News announced Wednesday that Charlie Gibson will leave "World News" in January, and that Diane Sawyer will be the new anchor of the network's evening newscast. Sawyer's elevation means that, with Katie Couric, two of the three leading anchors for the broadcast networks will be women. Gibson, 66, took over the anchor chair at "World News" in May 2006, after...