Romenesko

New York Observer
Dan Rather takes a sip of coffee and tells Rebecca Dana: "Life is good,. I run across a lot of people who say, 'Well, how’s your retirement?' I try gently to explain to them that I retired from CBS News, but I'm working full time." His "Dan Rather Reports" show debuts Oct. 24 on Mark Cuban's HDNet. "Your readers will think this is unconscionably sophomoric, but I told Mark that to try to get a quality program on the air of this sort in this short of time is the basketball equivalent of a shot from way out there in three-point land. But we’re trying."