KATIE COURIC - COURIC WEIGHING EXIT STRATEGY FROM CBS

Katie Couric is considering an exit strategy in which she is weighing two options, a primetime cable show like Larry King's on CNN or a syndicated talk show, "probably along the lines of the more serious episodes of Oprah Winfrey's show," the New York Times reported Saturday. The latter alternative was deemed the least likely for success given the previous failure of Jane Pauley, another former Today show host, to make discussions of serious subjects palatable during the day. In any case, the newspaper said, Couric's departure is now being "treated as a given" in the TV news business and that it would likely come as early as next February. Meanwhile, the New York Post quoted TV insiders who floated the possibility of a "blockbuster trade" in which Anderson Cooper would switch from CNN to CBS to anchor the CBS Evening News, while Couric would move to CNN.

14/04/2008