According to a statement from CEO Marissa Mayer, the 56-year-old Couric will serve as the face of Yahoo! News, leading a team of correspondents "Pioneering a new chapter of digital journalism." She'll also keep hosting her syndicated daytime talk show, Katie. Nothing Couric has tackled in the days since she was trading quips with Matt Lauer in Rockefeller Center has felt quite right: as top anchor at CBS News from 2006 to 2011, she lacked the hard news credentials the news division needed to recover its mojo after Dan Rather's flawed "Memogate" story on George W. Bush's National Guard service nearly unraveled it. Too serious for the frothy confines of morning TV or daytime and not-quite-serious enough for the evening news, Couric has yet to find a new job where she fit in seamlessly as at Today. Even the online videos she's done - for CBS News, ABC News, and her Katie show at various times - showcase a blandly upbeat personality with little edge or distinctive voice; a tough sell in an online world where even the biggest names must earn their attention with noise and controversy.
Source: NPR
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