Rather to join HDNet

July 12, 2006 at 12:00a.m.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Saying the news "needs backers who won't back down," former CBS anchor Dan Rather, 74, confirmed Tuesday that he's joining Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban for a weekly program that begins in October on HDNet.
The one-hour "Dan Rather Reports" will feature field reports, interviews and investigations. Rather will produce the program and be its host. "Hard news needs backers who won't back down," Rather said.
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