Couric, 64, spent 15 years at Today before announcing that she would be joining the CBS Evening News, becoming the first solo female anchor of a nightly news broadcast on a major network.
And so I thought, will I ever have this opportunity again? And 15 years is a really long time, you know, in one job.
I think I did some really good work there. I wanted to grow. So I'm glad I did it. It didn't work out the way I had hoped it would," she added, noting that the gig didn't come without some struggles. Banfield rejected Couric's assertions, reacting on her NewsNation program last week, "You went after my dad. Couric also took aim at former "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer, admitting she "loved" getting under her skin as the two battled to be the top star in morning TV news.
According to the New York Post, the book describes how Couric and Sawyer battled over exclusive interviews. In one instance, Couric beat out Sawyer for an interview with two teens who had been abducted because her team pointed out that she was a widowed mother of two girls, while Sawyer was a stepmother. Couric, 54, joined the last-placed broadcast in after a year run as co-host of morning news powerhouse, NBC's "Today.
Rumors of Couric's departure have circulated for months. Though refusing to acknowledge her departure outright, in recent weeks Couric has hinted she would be moving on and has blamed the show's poor ratings on the little-watched local news programs that precede "Evening News.
In and "Evening News" won the Edward R. Murrow award for best newscast. In , Couric conducted what was perhaps the most famous interview of that year's presidential election, questioning a sometimes startled seeming Sarah Palin, then governor of Alaska and Sen.
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