Better days had better be ahead for Katie Couric, because so far, she has been a big disappointment for CBS. The statistics tell the story. For the week ended March 30, ABC's evening news show brought
in 7.9 million viewers, while NBC pulled 8.1 million viewers and Katie -- who gets paid north of $15 million a year to sit in a chair a half-hour each weekday - managed all of 6.2 million.
The old-guard network news broadcasts are having a tough time competing against cable news networks, not to mention all manner of Web outlets. The trade says in this day and age, the evening news
broadcasts seem like an unqualified anachronism: "With that in mind, is an annual $15 million salary too much for a network newsreader, especially one who's in third place?"
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