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The Morning Fix: Anderson Cooper for Katie Couric?

March 1, 2010 | 7:16 am

After the coffee. Before making your bet on how Jay Leno will do tonight. Burying the lead? Deep inside a New York Times thumb sucker about the challenges nightly newscasts on broadcast networks are facing in today's media landscape is a nugget about CBS having some talks with CNN's Anderson Cooper about succeeding Katie Couric as anchor of its evening newscast when her deal is up in about year. Playing that tidbit in such a low-key way would seem to mean the paper doesn't put too much stock in it, but it was too juicy to leave out. The rest of the story talks about how tough the business is, as evidenced by the recent cuts at ABC News and CBS News. Of course, no one has suggested yet that maybe it's time the networks rethought their priorities when it comes to big paychecks for their anchors. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times looks at the pros and cons of trying to do more with less in TV journalism.