HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW: BRYANT GUMBEL MOVES TO CBS

          Former "Today" show host Bryant Gumbel is expected to
     join CBS today after "nearly 25 years at NBC," according to
     Richard Huff of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS.  Gumbel reportedly will
     host a primetime news magazine and handle four celebrity
     interview specials a year.  The "multi-faceted package" is
     estimated at $5M a year.  Huff notes the package "is also
     believed to have a sports component" which could include
     working golf telecasts (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 3/13).  USA TODAY's
     Peter Johnson reports part of the deal has Gumbel "owning
     and developing syndicated programming with CBS' syndication
     arm, Eyemark" (USA TODAY, 3/13).  The N.Y. POST's Josef
     Adalian estimates the deal at $7M per year (N.Y. POST,
     3/13).  In L.A., Jane Hall writes that Gumbel was in talks
     with ABC, but the network "dropped out of the negotiations
     Wednesday," and Gumbel "was also concerned about the change
     in management" at ABC News last week in regards to Roone
     Arledge and David Westin (L.A. TIMES, 3/13).