Disney puts ABC News under TV networks business head Debra OConnell
10 months, 1 week ago

Disney puts ABC News under TV networks business head Debra OConnell

LA Times  

Walt Disney Co. is putting all of its traditional TV assets — its news division, entertainment networks and TV station group — under a single executive. Debra OConnell has been elevated to the new role of president, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment. A 27-year-veteran of Disney, OConnell was already overseeing ABC Owned Television Stations and the business side of the company’s entertainment networks, including ABC, FX Networks, Freeform, National Geographic and the Disney-branded cable channels. The division’s signature shows, “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir” and “Good Morning America,” remain the most-watched morning and evening news programs on television but have seen their audiences erode with the decline of linear TV due to the migration to online video.

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Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kim Godwin is out after three tumultuous years as ABC News president, a move presaged earlier this year when network parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O’Connell, to oversee the news division. Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, said Sunday she was retiring from the business. Godwin inherited …

Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president

LA Times  

Kim Godwin joined ABC in May 2021 from CBS News, where she was an executive vice president and oversaw its diversity efforts. OConnell said she will oversee the news division “for the time being.” Godwin signed a new deal with ABC in February, when the company put her division under OConnell, a veteran Disney executive. “I understood and appreciated the …

ABC News senior managers out amid Disney layoffs
1 year, 8 months ago

ABC News senior managers out amid Disney layoffs

LA Times  

ABC News is undergoing a major executive shake-up as part of company-wide layoffs at Walt Disney Co. Several top managers with decades of experience were among the people inside ABC News who were cut Thursday, according to people who were familiar with the details but not authorized to discuss them publicly. “While these actions are never easy, they are a …

Peter Rice ousted as Disney TV chief in major shake-up
2 years, 6 months ago

Peter Rice ousted as Disney TV chief in major shake-up

LA Times  

Peter Rice, left, Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Dana Walden and Kareem Daniel attend the premiere of Hulu’s “The Dropout” on Feb. 24 at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles. Peter Rice, the chairman of Walt Disney Co.’s TV content division, has been fired from the Burbank-based entertainment giant in a move sure to rock Hollywood. “Dana is a dynamic, …

ABC News taps Kim Godwin as president, a milestone for the broadcast industry
3 years, 8 months ago

ABC News taps Kim Godwin as president, a milestone for the broadcast industry

LA Times  

Kim Godwin was formerly vice president of news and executive director for development and diversity for CBS News. Godwin, whose appointment was made official Wednesday by ABC parent Walt Disney Co., is exiting CBS News where executive changes are also underway. Godwin, who was an executive vice president at CBS News, is joining ABC News at a time when it …

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