In part II of our MediaBeat interview with ABC News anchor Bill Weir, Weir talks about making the leap from local sports reporter to network news anchor. Also: the future of ABC News from a leadership perspective. As David Westin prepares to leave the network, who will take over? Weir: “There’s the pragmatic attitude which is: it wouldn’t be so bad if they found some Harvard MBA dropout who made a billion dollars in a web startup.”

• Part I: Yesterday — ABC News ‘Getting Leaner & Meaner by Necessity’

• Part III: Tomorrow — Covering Brett Favre in the early days