By getting some of their best election coverage online, Katie Couric and the team behind “CBS Evening News” may have seized on a template for the not-so-distant future.

Having a woman in the anchor chair with a history of roaming across all kinds of subject matter might be a pretty good asset.

When Katie Couric concludes her one-hour prime time broadcasts during the national political conventions, she will continue hosting coverage on the Internet, CBS said.

Many in the news media see little need to reconsider their coverage of the Clinton campaign.

Many in the news media see little need to reconsider their coverage of the Clinton campaign.

Many in the news media, with a few exceptions, see little need to reconsider their coverage of the Clinton campaign.

CBS said its television profit rose 15 percent, to $402 million, in part because of lower production costs during the strike by the Writers Guild of America.

On Tuesday CBS received ratings results that put an exclamation point on its troubles: the “CBS Evening News” recorded the worst five-night run in its history last week.