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ABC News President David Westin will resign his post after 13 years of service.

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CNNMoney: ABC News to cut 300 positionsupdated: Tue Feb 23 2010 17:57:00

ABC News is expected to cut roughly 20% of its staff, the company said Tuesday.

George Stephanopoulos named 'Good Morning America' anchorupdated: Thu Dec 10 2009 16:26:00

George Stephanopoulos has been named the new anchor of "Good Morning America," and will start next Monday, ABC News President David Westin announced today.

Ex-ABC newsman died 'doing something that he truly loved'updated: Thu Feb 07 2008 15:29:00

Former ABC News chief national security correspondent John McWethy died from injuries in a Colorado skiing accident, a coroner said Thursday.

SI.com: Write of Springupdated: Wed Mar 14 2007 09:32:00

The spring flower of the new baseball season is the arrival of box scores in the back pages of the daily sports section, at least for those of us still wedded to newsprint and the national pastime. The spring flower of the PGA Tour also comes from a newspaper: the arrival of David Westin of The Augusta Chronicle, accompanied by a sidekick, for back-to-back Florida tournaments, gathering string for scores of Masters-week stories. Nick Price once greeted Westin with this: "Here he is -- the face of spring." Which is funny, because Westin's newsroom nickname is The Ghost.

Peter Jennings dies of lung cancerupdated: Sun Aug 07 2005 23:46:00

Veteran newsman Peter Jennings was remembered Monday as an outstanding journalist, a hard worker and "a man of conscience and integrity."

Peter Jennings has lung cancerupdated: Tue Apr 05 2005 11:34:00

Longtime ABC anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the broadcaster announced on his evening newscast Tuesday.

CNNMoney: ABC's Jennings has lung cancerupdated: Tue Apr 05 2005 11:27:00

Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer but will continue to host the ABC "World News Tonight" broadcast, ABC News said Tuesday.

CNNMoney: Ted Koppel leaving ABCupdated: Thu Mar 31 2005 11:31:00

Ted Koppel is leaving ABC and the "Nightline" show he has hosted since it started in 1980 -- making him the third high-profile news anchor to leave a broadcast network in the last year.

Fortune: Excuse Me, Mr. Surfer Dude, but I Have Just One Question...updated: Mon Oct 25 1999 00:01:00

Sam Donaldson of ABC News, who turned 65 in March, has become the network's most visible face on the Net. On Sept. 27, Disney-owned ABC launched SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com, the first live, regularly ...

Fortune: The New Face Of Network News In an age of instant information, who needs the seven o'clock news anymore? Maybe not the Big Threeupdated: Mon Feb 01 1999 00:01:00

These are eventful times for television news, and we're not talking about impeachment or air attacks on Iraq. Take CBS News, the place where broadcast news was invented--and where its future is now...

Fortune: Bob Iger Gets Serious About Fixing ABC COULD THE CIRCLE OF LIFE BE ANY MORE VICIOUS?updated: Mon Jun 22 1998 00:01:00

On a May afternoon at Manhattan's New Amsterdam Theatre, ABC staged a preview of its fall schedule for advertisers. The event was a smash; the audience was dazzled. But it wasn't the new TV shows t...

Fortune: IS THIS ROONE'S LAST HURRAH? ROONE ARLEDGE MADE ABC NEWS TOPS IN PRESTIGE, POPULARITY, AND PROFITS, BUT HIS DYNASTY FACES ITS TOupdated: Mon Feb 17 1997 00:01:00

"How many of you saw the football games over the weekend?" asked Roone Arledge, the president of ABC News. It wasn't a casual question. On the Monday morning after New Year's, Arledge wanted to del...

Fortune: TELEVISION'S TANGLED ALLIANCES PRIME-TIME SCHIZOPHRENIAupdated: Mon Oct 14 1996 00:01:00

You can only watch one TV show at a time. So you'd think that all the troubles CBS has been having with Ink, the much hyped new comedy, would delight rival ABC. CBS recently shelved the first four ...

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