“Biggest Priority” For Steve Capus: New Models of News Gathering & Delivery

Now that the “acting” has been dropped from his NBC News president title, Steve Capus knows what he has to do.

“There’s no question the biggest priority for Steve in the coming two years is the evolution of news gathering and delivery of news, via new models,” Jeff Zucker says in Tuesday’s New York Times. (Why did he specifically say two years?)

“We all have to figure out new ways to grow the audience,” Capus adds. “That’s why we’re putting so much emphasis on these new platforms.”

The story also confirms a scoop TVNewser reported four weeks ago: Netcasts of Today and Meet the Press are on the way…

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