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Christiane Amanpour Named Next Host of ABC’s This Week; Tapper Takes Over During Interim

In the end, perhaps somewhat predictably, David Westin went with the biggest star.

Today, Mr. Westin, the president of ABC News, officially announced that the network had hired Christiane Amanpour as the new anchor of the Sunday public affairs program, This Week.

The high-profile D.C. gig has been vacant since the fall when George Stephanopoulos replaced Read More

ABC Tinkers with the Idea of Midday News

With the audiences for traditional network news shows steadily declining, (see the PEJ’s State of the News Media 2010) executives at the broadcast news divisions are continuing to brainstorm new ideas on how to expand their offerings. For example, ABC News executives, according to multiple sources, have recently tossed around the idea of creating Read More

ABC News Offers Buyout to Staff; Huge Cuts Looming

For weeks, ABC News has been awash in anxiety about a round of looming cuts that are expected to significantly effect the entire division. Today, network executives made the bad news official.

This afternoon, ABC News President David Westin sent out the following memo to staffers:

Over the past several years, we’ve seen a lot Read More

OMB Chief’s Broadcast Babe, Bianna, Will Keep Her Beat at ABC

Among the many anxieties that hound a broadcast news division president in 2010 (the dangers of Afghanistan, the steady sucking away of viewers to cable TV, the heckling from Jon Stewart, etc.), the cries of media bias from conservative critics remains a constant irritation. Playing defense against allegations that so-and-so has lost his objectivity and Read More