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BY THOMAS AND MOZLEY
Letterman says he'll stay at CBS
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — David Letterman put an end to the late-night soap opera that has preoccupied television for more than a week, telling his Late Show audience that he is staying at CBS and rejecting an enticing offer from ABC.
Letterman's future has been the subject of widespread speculation since 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 that coincided with the buzz about his future.
The fallout from the decision is certain to be felt at ABC, which has repair work to do at its news division.
Koppel said that ABC parent Walt Disney Co.'s bid for Letterman had damaged his show. He said it would be unreasonable to expect people at Nightline to continue working in a climate of uncertainty.
"There must be a great many talented comedians who would welcome the opportunity to take over the Nightline time slot," Koppel said. "Our hope is that Disney will send a clear and unmistakable signal to them, to us, to the advertising community and to all of our loyal viewers interested in the robust future of network television news that Nightline can count on serious corporate backing."
ABC President Alex Wallau said Nightline would remain in its time slot. But he described the move to go after Letterman as a smart one that fell just short, and said ABC would aggressively try
to improve itself as it did with the recent signing of John Madden for Monday Night Football.
wallau also defended the network's support of its news division in an episode that's been seen as a test case for whether large media companies would stand beside journalists.
"We invest a tremendous amount of money to make our news brand and support our people in the news division, and give them the ability to be the best news division that can possibly exist," he said. "We're very proud of that and we think that at the end of the day, that support will be recognized."
ABC and CBS dangled similar financial offers to Letterman, deals that would pay him about $31 million a year.
The networks were touting the promotional muscle of their parent companies, Viacom for CBS and Disney.
Crossword
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1 Striped equine
6 Otherwise
10 Fabled also-ran
14 Rhone River delta city
15 Semi-eternity?
16 Caspian feeder
17 Lunch times
18 Fine-grained mineral
19 Heavy hammer
20 High regard
22 Tangible
24 French state
26 Wet forecast
27 Ms. Gardner
30 Inadvertent error
32 Uses too much nose
36 Cheerio!
38 Orbit-shaped
40 Political coalitions
42 Poetic contraction
43 Fred's first partner
44 Repeat initial sounds
47 Ditto
48 7-time U.S.
Open tennis champion
49 Fairway hazard
51 A Cole
52 Polanski film
54 Mine outputs
56 On the father's side
60 Well-grounded
64 Self-images
65 Singer Tori
67 So long in Canouc
68 Dispatched
69 Stood
70 Brightened
71 Pindar's output
72 Past due
73 Squalid
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1 Writer Grey
2 Love god
3 Stain
4 Actress Adoree
5 Balance-sheet
items
03/18/02
6 Devour
7 Bound upward
8 Energy type
9 Embrace
10 Mankind's nearest relatives?
11 Semite
12 Actor Julia
13 Model Macpherson
21 Manly
23 Nina's sister
25 Flooring maker
27 Ready for the pitch
28 Frankie of The 4 Seasons
29 Coral isle
31 Fold in a drape
33 Indian or Atlantic
34 Majorca Island city
35 Fall as ice
37 Critical exams
39 Emcee's job
41 Guide
45 Put in a
Solutions to yesterday's crossword
predicament
46 Jug handles
50 Flower parts
53 Pacific island
group
55 Hawkins Day
56 Mexican coin
57 Mellowed
58 Speech subtlety
59 Missing
61 Quick meal
62 Too colorful
63 Spot
66 Bishopric
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