Posts Tagged ‘ AbcNews ’

Filed under: Breaking News, Media

ABC's Charlie Gibson announced today that he is retiring as anchor of "World News" at the end of the year, and the network said Diane Sawyer will replace him. Sawyer will leave her position as co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America" in January. Gibson's program has...
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Filed under: Woman Up

So long, Charlie.

ABC News just sent out a press release that Charlie Gibson, the "World News" anchor, will be leaving the highest ranking job on TV news. The anchor chair is the center of a news program's universe, and the evening news is the crown...
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Filed under: Media, Woman Up, Culture

Charlie Gibson, I don't want you to go. Your presence on "World News" evokes memories of my childhood, where there was dinner and there was Walter Cronkite. You are old enough to comfortably wear that old-fashioned journalistic style without seeming pompous....
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Filed under: Emily's Post

Marc Mezvinsky, 31, will marry Chelsea Clinton, 29, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the summer of 2010. In this wedding, certain to be one of the social events of the...
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Filed under: Media

ABC News is expected to announce that it is promoting Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos to replace Diane Sawyer as host of "Good Morning America," Politico reports. Sawyer will anchor her last edition of the lucrative morning program on Friday, and Stephanopoulos could start as early as next week.Read more »

Filed under: Media

Former ABC veteran and "Nightline" founder Ted Koppel is in negotiations to return to the network as the host of "This Week," Politico reports. ABC News executives say no offer has been made, but broadcast insiders said Koppel could host the Sunday...
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Filed under: Health Care, Obama Administration

In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer on Monday, President Obama said he regretted not making Congress' drafting of the health care reform bills more accessible to the public. Calling the murkiness of the health reform proceedings a "mistake," Obama partially admitted to...
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Filed under: Oil Spill

An ABC News reporter who made his way into the command center for BP's response to the Gulf Coast oil spill says he was turned away once he told officials he was from the media.

 

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