> The lead of the widely-read AP story about the move calls World News Tonight "struggling..."

> WP: "The announcement caps an emotionally wrenching and difficult year for ABC..."

> LA Times: "Officials said that while [Bob] Woodruff would be welcomed back in any capacity, he would likely first return as a correspondent."

> Marketwatch: "The timing of the announcement will appear to be a reaction to a challenge from rival CBS, which two weeks ago drew more nightly news viewers to its broadcast than ABC for the first time in five years."

> David Blum on HuffPost: "The 'slipper crowd,' as some insiders refer to the growing audience for senior citizens like Bob Schieffer, will switch from Couric to Gibson, one popular theory holds..."