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CBS evening news getting a

new anchor and extra airtime

By DAVID BAUDER Jennings, Tom Brokaw and said he appreciates the
AP Media Writer Dan Rather. Morning shows storied history of CBS News.
NEW YORK (AP) — The "CBS are where the money is for A short introductory film
Evening News" gets a new broadcasters. Cable news about him posted online
face and an additional run networks, where the light flashes pictures of Walter
time starting Monday. never goes out, suck away Cronkite, Edward R. Mur-
Jeff Glor takes over as the attention — even though row and Pelley, while skip-
broadcast's anchor re- more than 20 million peo- ping past Rather and Katie
placing Scott Pelley, who ple sit down to watch the Couric, whose CBS careers
was shown the door — or, ABC, CBS or NBC news- ended less pleasantly.
rather, sent back across casts each weekday eve- With youth, Glor has time to
the street to "60 Minutes" ning. become a familiar face to
— after six years this past viewers and to change his
spring. The network also When ABC hired David broadcast's long-time sta-
announced Friday that Muir to anchor "World tus as the third most popu-
the evening news will be News Tonight," it turned to lar show in a three-network
replayed each night at 10 a young (he's 44), lesser- race. CBS has made sig-
on the CBSN streaming ser- known newsman instead nificant progress making its
vice, an additional view- of a glittery, expensive star. morning news show more
ing opportunity for people The network has been re- competitive; success has
who aren't around a televi- warded as ABC eclipsed proven more elusive in the
sion set at dinnertime. Lester Holt on NBC's "Night- evening.
The shift to a 42-year-old ly News" in the ratings. "You'll see some structural
anchor and effort to make Glor fits that mold. He also and rhythmic changes in This photo provided byBroadcasting Inc. shows Jeff Glor in New
the evening news more shares an upstate New the show — nothing too jar- York. The "CBS Evening News" gets a new face and an addi-
tional run time starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2017.
accessible to more screens York lineage — Muir grew ring to start with," he said. "I Associated Press
represents a generational up in Syracuse, New York, think we all realize this is a
change. Glor went to college there, long-haul proposition." ried with a 7-year-old son job being interviewed by
"I hope that it can be valu- and they worked at differ- Steve Capus continues as and 2-year-old daughter. CBS affiliates across the
able to watch it anytime ent Syracuse local news the show's executive pro- He's been a reporter at country, not wanting to by-
between 6:30 and mid- stations at the same time. ducer. Glor said he'd like CBS News for a decade. pass the chance to build
night," Glor said. When Glor's hiring was an- strong, "deeper dive" re- "They don't care what job bridges between local and
Glor's ascendance is evi- nounced in October, Muir porting to be one of the daddy just took," he said. national news before Mon-
dence of another shift in sent a congratulatory note show's signatures, and that "They still come crashing day's debut.
perception in television and bottle of barbecue it doesn't conflict with the into our bed in the middle "I can't wait," he said. "I
news. The evening news- sauce from that city's best- mission to summarize the of the night." suppose some nerves are
casts had long been the known ribs joint. day's news. good, it means you want
flagships for news divisions, Glor, whose first job was Glor grew up in the Buffalo, He's been busy in the days to do a good job. I'm ex-
home to leaders like Peter delivering newspapers, New York area and is mar- before taking over the new cited. I'm ready."q

'Embarrassed' Geraldo Rivera apologizes for 'tawdry' memoir

By FRAZIER MOORE groped by Rivera and his Midler told Walters. "Pop-
AP Television Writer producer colleague in the pers" is slang for the alkyl
NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo 1970s. nitrites class of drugs.
Rivera is apologizing for a In the tweet posted by the "I did not offer myself up on
memoir published a quar- actress-singer, she includ- the altar of Geraldo Rive-
ter-century ago that re- ed a video from a 1991 in- ra," said Midler, calling his
counts sexual experiences terview with Barbara Wal- behavior "unseemly."
he says he's now "embar- ters in which she first made In her tweet on Thursday,
rassed" about. her allegation against Ri- Midler called for an apolo-
In a tweet on Friday, Rive- vera. gy from Rivera, and added
ra, now a Fox News Chan- In that clip, Midler hesitates the harassment-solidarity
nel reporter, cites his "taw- in recounting what she al- hashtag "#MeToo."
dry" book and what he leges happened with Ri- Rivera doesn't mention
calls "consensual events" vera during his visit to inter- Midler in his tweet.
it recounts. He describes view her in the early 1970s, There was no immediate
its tone as "distasteful" and saying it will get her in trou- comment from Rivera's cur-
"disrespectful." He says he's ble. "Get in a little trouble," rent employer, Fox News
"profoundly sorry" to the Walters encourages her. Channel. The network has
women involved and to dismissed two high-profile
anyone offended by it. After Rivera and the pro- men over sexual miscon-
The book, titled "Exposing ducer left their TV crew duct allegations involv-
Myself," was published in in another room, they ing their behavior while at
1991. "pushed me into my bath- the news channel, host Bill
Rivera's post follows a room. They broke two pop- In this Jan. 16, 2015, file photo, Geraldo Rivera participates in O'Reilly in April and CEO
tweet on Thursday by Bette pers and pushed them "The Celebrity Apprentice" panel at the NBC 2015 Winter TCA in Roger Ailes, who was fired
Midler renewing an allega- under my nose and pro- Pasadena, Calif. in 2016 and died earlier this
tion of being drugged and ceeded to grope me," Associated Press year.q