For CBS News it has been a year of almost nonstop discord. Morale plummeted after 74 staffers were dismissed in September as part of companywide cutbacks. The jazzy new magazine show West 57th and the revamped CBS Morning News inspired cries of outrage from news traditionalists. A group of CBS News stars even inquired about possibly buying their division from the company. Last week the target of much of the staff discontent, CBS News President Edward Joyce, 52, was replaced. His job goes to Van Gordon Sauter, 50, executive vice president of the CBS Broadcast Group and Joyce's immediate predecessor as...
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