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☆ CNN and ABC Snag the TV Coups of the Year
  + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
All of a sudden on Wednesday morning, the TV booking of the year was up for grabs. But President Biden’s shock announcement that he would skip this fall’s preplanned matchups in favor of debates sponsored by individual news outlets sent network executives into a scramble. He began rewriting his remarks after aides confirmed over the phone that both candidates had agreed to a CNN debate on June 27. Mr. Thompson took out his reading glasses to deliver the announcement onstage, reading from a script scrawled across a creased notecard. Debra OConnell, the head of ABC News, was deep into an annual meeting with regional affiliates when word came in.
Persons: Biden’s, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mark Thompson, Thompson, Debra OConnell Organizations: CNN, ABC News, Garden, Disney, ABC
☆ Patience wears thin at ABC News as frustrated staffers wonder when Disney will make leadership changes
  + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
After the meeting concluded, a person familiar with the situation told CNN that Godwin was simply at a prescheduled doctor’s appointment. Regardless, the rampant speculation her absence spurred spoke to the apprehension of staffers, who are thirsty for change and whose patience is wearing thin. Bob Iger is known to pay special attention to ABC News and OConnell wouldn’t have been appointed had Disney brass not felt it necessary. “She knew it was bad, but I don’t think she knew how bad it was,” a network insider told CNN. It’s now up to OConnell to dig ABC News out of the ditch and infuse it with its old swagger.
Persons: Kim Godwin, Godwin, Debra OConnell, Greg Doherty, Bob Iger, OConnell, Akin, Chris Licht’s, It’s Organizations: New York CNN, ABC, CNN, Disney, ABC News Locations: New York, Burbank
☆ ABC News president Kim Godwin in hot water as Disney-appointed boss conducts review
  + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
New York CNN —ABC News President Kim Godwin is skating on thinner and thinner ice. OConnell, according to people familiar with the matter, has been astonished by Godwin’s management — or lack thereof — at the network. “She has to take swift moves,” a person familiar with the inner workings of ABC News candidly told me of OConnell. Those lieutenants include Stacia Deshishku, executive editor and senior vice president; Derek Medina, executive vice president; and Jose Andino, vice president of the office of the president and process management. As OConnell’s not-so-subtle evaluation has played out at ABC News, Godwin has privately voiced displeasure about being layered away from Iger and bemoaned Disney’s micromanagement, CNN was told.
Persons: Kim Godwin, Debra OConnell, OConnell, Godwin, Galen Gordon, Jonathan Greenberger, Bob Iger, tepidly, ”, Stacia, Derek Medina, Jose Andino, OConnell’s, Disney’s micromanagement Organizations: New York CNN, ABC, Disney, ABC News, POLITICO, CBS, “, CNN Locations: New York, Burbank, Washington, Iger
☆ Debra OConnell to Oversee News at Disney
  + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The Walt Disney Company announced on Wednesday that a longtime executive at the company, Debra OConnell, would become the president of a newly created division that will include ABC News and the company’s local stations. Image Debra OConnell will become the president of a newly created division that will include ABC News and the company’s local stations. Credit... Randy Shropshire/Variety, via Getty ImagesThe reorganization mirrors what has taken place at other network news divisions. Several executives at NBC News report to Cesar Conde, the chairman of the so-called NBCUniversal news group, a division that includes local news and cable networks like MSNBC. Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News, also oversees local stations.
Persons: Debra OConnell, OConnell, ” Kim Godwin, Debra, ” Dana Walden, Randy Shropshire, Cesar Conde, Wendy McMahon Organizations: Walt Disney Company, ABC, America, ABC News, Disney Entertainment, Variety, Getty, NBC, MSNBC, CBS News
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