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< BACK TO Fresh Intelligence Zucker Drops Ax on Nightly News Nemesis![]() STATIC John Reiss routed Sources say an official announcement will be delayed for several weeks to avoid the appearance of NBC panicking at losing ground in the ratings race. Reiss and an NBC News spokeswoman did not return repeated calls for comment. NBC has had a lock on the evening news for years, but the stranglehold has started to loosen of late: Last week Gibson beat Williams by more than 300,000 viewers, reprising a victory he scored two weeks prior. But one TV news insider says it's not just the ratings that spelled the end for Reiss. He was not a favorite of NBC Universal honcho Jeff Zucker, who ascended to the top slot at the company earlier this month. "The instant Zucker got that job," says the source, "Reiss was toast." PREVIOUSLY
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