Couric’s Evening News Set for Online Simulcast

NEW YORK, August 17: The CBS Evening News with Katie
Couric will become the first network
evening news broadcast to be simulcast live on the Internet when it launches
September 5 at 6:30 p.m.

In addition, the broadcast will be viewable on-demand any time
after the live simulcast. The live simulcast and on-demand versions of the
broadcast will be advertiser-supported and free at CBSNews.com.

The online component will also include a “Couric &
Company” blog; an on-demand web-exclusive feature providing extended interviews
entitled Eye to Eye, which will also be
downloadable from iTunes; CBS News First Look with Katie Couric, a preview of the stories being considered for the
evening news; and Katie Couric's Notebook, a one-minute look into a top story or issue by Couric.

"Viewers can now see the CBS Evening News live, as never before," said Sean McManus, the
president of CBS News and Sports. "It's another giant step towards
providing CBS News content to people wherever they are—in their homes, in
their offices, in their cars, on their computers or on their cell phones."