NYT: CBS considers outsourcing reporting to CNN
April 8th, 2008Posted by Oliver Luft in Editors' pick, Jobs, Journalism
Senior executives at have told the New York Times that CBS TV news, one of the leading news broadcasters in the US, is mulling over a possible deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN.
Tlaks about such plans aren’t new, says the report, however recently they have intensified to detail how CBS would ditch its news-gathering capacity but keep its frontline personalities, like Katie Couric, the CBS Evening News anchor.
It would then take a feed from CNN and pay it regular fees.
Another possibility would see CBS hang on to some reporters in key regions but pair them with CNN crews.
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