Wednesday, May 23, 2007

NBC Skipping STONE

STONE PHILLIPS, who has anchored DATELINE NBC since its inception 15 years, is leaving the network at the end of June.

His departure was announced by Executive Producer
DAVID CORVO at a DATELINE staff meeting Tuesday.

His departure is yet another sign that on-air talent in not immune to cost cutting as part of the NBC 2.0 INITIATIVE, which fell particularly hard on the staff of DATELINE, which is being merged into the network's long-form unit.

Last month the network declined to renew the contract of
JOHN SIEGENTHALER, a longtime NBC News veteran who was anchor of the weekend editions of NIGHTLY NEWS.

Tim Harmon, thanks for the post.

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