Katie Couric May Leave CBS News Early

CBS has been losing so much money since Dan Rather had to resign over his fake news, they have recently announced they will be outsourcing their news gathering to CNN. That’s like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. When CBS gave Katie Couric a $15 million a year contract for the next five years, they had hoped she’d revive their news broadcast by attracting a larger female audience, but the plan backfired. CBS has been consistently in last place in the ratings since she joined the CBS evening news.

Now for the good news. Katie may leave CBS as soon as January 2009, when the new U.S. President is inaugurated. There’s talk that Katie could go on to ruin Larry King Live by taking Larry’s place when he leaves CNN next year. Larry is 74, and he is not expected to renew his contract when it expires next year. Katie just needs to go on a long vacation, then come back with something fresh.