1.   The news division was to retain its independence and integrity under the new owner as it had under the old.

2.   Although committed to wall-to-wall coverage, the news divisions had few new facts.

3.   An NBC executive said the news division had assumed for a while that Brokaw had a standing offer from CNN.

4.   And her eviction from Friday night tapped into a growing sense in the news division of its waning relevance.

5.   And since he took over the news division two and a half years ago, its flagship programs have shown increases in the Nielsen ratings.

6.   And there is almost a sense that if Disney decided to do so, it would not necessarily do so in consultation with the news division itself.

7.   And, in fact, he is allowed to operate within the news division as a sort of island unto himself.

8.   Are the folks at ABC News dreading how their new boss would react to that and other things that have made the news division the most respected?

9.   At ABC and NBC, the heads of the news divisions report to the presidents of the networks.

10.   At the time, cable operators were trying to prevent a network news division from offering direct competition to CNN.