LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS withdrew his offer to produce a talk-show outgoing syndicated evening news anchor Katie Couric, and it is now considering an agreement with the ABC.
A source close the discussion of CBS, stated that the company decided a week ago and a half to take the offer off the coast of the table.
"Fair negotiations went on way too long," said a person familiar with the situation at CBS. "The agreement just kept gets more rich, with most involved persons.".
The source said that Couric wished to maintain a strong relationship with the press division, raising doubts about its commitment to work on the original content for a daily show more 40 weeks per year.
A source Couric responded that CBS has frustrated, she has not agreed quickly to his offer and frames becomes upset when disclosed word might go instead to ABC.
"They are now cover-your-ass mode," said this source. "They were concerned that they were exposed and had presumed that she would be y stay.". If it happens elsewhere, they will incorrectly appear. ?
NBC dropped the appeal of the Couric service offerings and sources in his own camp said that she decided not to pursue the opportunity with the Warner Bros. syndicated, linked to appearances on CNN.
However, the ABC offer is real and in return. It includes a unionized daily show and a role on ABC News, and specials and coverage of the election. But no agreement has yet been made.
If Couric close a deal with ABC before the expiration of his contract on June 4, it would have required to show CBS who would have the opportunity to match it and to retain his services. The source familiar with CBS did not believe Couric or ABC asked CBS to see what it offers and predicted, for this reason, an ABC agreement would not be closed before June 5.
The source said the main interest of SCS is talk-show, and that the presence of news was seen as a marketing tool "to soften his image and place it in the right forum."
Instead of this, added the source, it seemed to want to "a deal with an attached talk-show news".
The source stated that discussions with CBS to the division that would talk-show, which would cost approximately $ 40 million to start, while discussions with ABC were conducted by Ben Sherwood, head of the division of the press.
TVGuide.com was the first to report that CBS had withdrawn its offer to Couric.
Couric close source said that CBS realizes now she can go elsewhere and that executives "would like just to be able to say that (the one who hired) is insufficient or overpromising." It is residual stuff. The truth is that she decided to leave CBS and they were upset about it. ?
CBS declined to comment on, and a spokesman for the ABC did not immediately return a call. A spokesman for Couric also refused to comment on.
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