Steve Capus May End Up Over At CNN

Steve Capus

NBC News President Steve Capus announced Friday he’ll  be leaving the network in the coming weeks after struggles at the unit, including lower ratings for its flagship morning TV show, "Today."

No replacement has been named for Capus, president of NBC News since 2005, according to a company memo obtained by Reuters.

Reuters sources three sources ‘close to NBC’  who say Capus’ departure had been rumored around the halls after parent Comcast Corp reorganized the news division in July, bringing in Patricia Fili-Krushel to head the news unit's business operations.

Prior to Comcast's takeover, the three heads of NBC's news operations - Mark Hoffman at CNBC, Phil Griffin at MSNBC and Capus - all reported directly to Jeff Zucker, who was not only NBC's chief executive but also well-versed in hard news.

Capus did not say what his next move would be. Zucker, the executive who promoted him seven years ago at NBC, is now the worldwide president of CNN, owned by Time Warner Inc.

The sources said it would not be a surprise if Capus eventually resurfaced in a new position under Zucker at CNN. Earlier last week, Mark Whitaker, the managing editor at CNN, announced his resignation to make room for Zucker to install his own team.

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