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Koppel trims 'Nightline' appearances

NEW YORK -- Ted Koppel signed a new contract with ABC News that will keep him at "Nightline," where he has anchored since its founding in 1980, through...

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Entertainment
War and the media

Count ABC News' Ted Koppel among those who are impressed with the results of news coverage of the United States' war with Iraq. The "Nightline" anchorman...

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Opinion
Names and faces

...In his first public comments on ABC's effort to replace his program with David Letterman, "Nightline" host Ted Koppel said he hopes to stay with the network but criticized an ABC executive for questioning the show's relevance. There...

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What
Top 10 list - Dispatch Editorial

...reasons why we shouldn't feel embarrassed about our secret, failed scheme to lure David Letterman from CBS and give Ted Koppel's "Nightline" the boot. (10) -- Despite his thatch of hair, Koppel is getting too old. It's probably a wig...

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Opinion
Walt Disney Co. president defends confidential talks with David Letterman

...opportunity that required aggressive action. Robert Iger said he had one regret, though: not apologizing quickly enough to Ted Koppel for a Disney official's anonymous newspaper quote denigrating the relevancy of "Nightline." "If there were mistakes...

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News
Letterman says he'll stay at CBS

...reports emerged that ABC was trying to woo him with a multimillion-dollar offer that would have displaced veteran newsman Ted Koppel from his "Nightline" slot. Letterman ended the speculation on Monday -- his first day back after a Caribbean vacation...

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News
'Weather Man' Sprang From Storms of Writer's Life

...wondered what it was about weathermen that made people want to (throw things)," Conrad said. "Would they do it to Ted Koppel? Probably not. I think people have violent reactions when they think people are being fake to you." The experience...

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Weather
Ralph Nader dismisses Democrats, unveils new ad

...third-party politicians, said he supported having more than two choices in the presidential race. He even admonished host Ted Koppel for supposedly asking tougher questions of Nader than of Democrats and Republicans. Earlier, Ventura declared he...

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Politics
Stephen King scares up a book about writing

...Maupin; and nonfiction by Mary Karr, Jack Olsen and Ted Koppel. "On Writing" (Scribner) By Stephen King In his...Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. "Off Camera" (Knopf) By Ted Koppel The TV journalist and "Nightline" anchor reflects upon...

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Entertainment
ABC wooing Letterman to replace Koppel, 'Nightline'

...moved to CBS from NBC in 1993. If the Walt Disney Co.-owned ABC is successful, it would oust "Nightline" and host Ted Koppel from the 11:35 p.m. time slot that show has held for more than two decades. The news hit like a bomb at ABC News...

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