Katie Couric, best known as an anchor and correspondent for The Today Show, 60 Minutes, and ABC News, is joining Yahoo, where she will serve as the network's global news anchor.
For the past two years, Couric has worked for ABC as a special correspondent and also hosts the daytime talk show Katie. The official announcement comes after The Hollywood Reporter rumored Couric's move last week.
All Things D reports that ABC owner Disney holds the rights to Couric's digital output for the term of her ongoing contract. ABC News and Yahoo are major partners, with Yahoo syndicating a lot of content from the network.
Couric is the second high-profile figure to be hired by Yahoo in less than six weeks; it's been a little over a month since the...
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