Dan Rather

Dan Rather is absolutely, positively, definitely not getting the vindication he sought from CBS. The New York Court of Appeals saw to that Tuesday, dashing the former network anchor's hopes of resurrecting his $70 million lawsuit against his former employer.

Sesame Street has solved a lingering public relations problem involving claims by some conservatives that the program was trying to secretly indoctrinate preschoolers with a liberal worldview. The Sesame Workshop's response? It has introduced a new Muppet based on Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. Like...

All Dan Rather wanted to do was save American journalism from the corrupting influences of business and government. Too bad he tried to hitch that noble cause to his own lost cause. With his $70 million lawsuit, Rather sought to prove that his corporate bosses at CBS and Viacom (VIA) were under...

For more than two years, Dan Rather has been seeking vengeance, vindication and $70 million from his former employer, CBS. He's not getting any of it. The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court has dismissed Rather's lawsuit, throwing out his relatively straightforward breach-of-contract...

The generational shift in nightly news continues. Charles Gibson is stepping down as anchor of World News Tonight at the end of the year, yielding his role on the second place network news broadcast to Diane Sawyer, his former Good Morning America co-host. Gibson has anchored World News since May...

Barely a month after the death of Walter Cronkite, CBS News has lost another legend. Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes and one of the leading pioneers of television news, has died at age 86. He had been reported to be undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. Over the course of more than half a...

Gunga Dan's not looking so nutty now, is he? Dan Rather scored a major triumph against his former employer yesterday as a state supreme court judge reinstated his fraud claim against CBS and ordered the network to turn over thousands of documents it was hoping to keep private. I'll be the first...

Walter Cronkite, the newsman who Americans turned to in good times and bad when he anchored the "CBS Evening News" for 19 years, reportedly is near death. According to TVNewser, CBS (CBS) began updating the obituary of the 92-year-old broadcaster a week ago. The expected passing of the newsman...

Who is making it? Who is not? We've concocted retirement scorecards for some showcase retirees in entertainment, politics and sports. See the full list here.Loser: Daniel (Dan) Irvin Rather, Jr. Former occupation/notable position held: Anchor, CBS Evening NewsActivities during retirement: HDNet...