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Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at 10:00 AM EST
The Future of Broadcast News
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Dan Rather’s sign-off earlier this evening and Tom Brokaw’s retirement from NBC last December have reshaped the face of network TV news and many are questioning its future.

Ratings for the big three network broadcasts have declined steadily since the 1980s, and the average age of their viewers has now reached 60.

Jack Shafer, editor-at-large at Slate.com, talks about the future of network TV news.

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Jack Shafer is Editor-at-Large at slate.com. His latest article looks at CBS and asks “What the Network Should do in the Post-Rather Era.”

 
 

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