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Article: Guest Commentary: Network Evening News Faces Uncertain Future.(Press Room)(Column)
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- TelevisionWeek
- Article date:
- November 10, 2003
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Byline: Jeff Alan
When I read that more television viewers watched the coverage of 9/11 on the 24-hour cable news channels than on the Big 3 networks, it became apparent that it was the dawn of a new day.
When Tom, Peter and Dan retire, it will be the end of an era. Let's face it, in the early '80s when these three anchors took their respective chairs, CNN was less than a year old, few TVs came with remotes and the Internet was just beginning. Tens of millions of people watched the nightly news.
Today there is a new generation of news consumers with different values. People are getting their news from the 24-hour news channels and the Internet ...