NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the
Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division. The move seemed inevitable after parent Walt Disney Co. earlier this year appointed another executive, Debra O’Connell, to oversee the division. Announcing
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Kim Godwin announced in a statement on Sunday that she is stepping down and retiring from her role as president of ABC News.
The move seemed inevitable after parent Walt Disney Co. earlier this year appointed another executive, Debra O'Connell, to oversee the division.
After weeks of speculation, Kim Godwin is leaving her post as president of ABC News. Debra OConnell, who added ABC News to her portfolio in February, will run the department in the interim. She made the announcement internally, with Godwin also addressing her staff. You can read the memos below. At the time of OConnell’s […]
ABC News President Kim Godwin, who was the first Black woman to run a national broadcast network news operation, is exiting her position. Godwin announced her resignation in an internal memo on Sunday night, which was obtained by our sister site Deadline. “I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” she wrote. “ABC News was […]
Kim Godwin, who made history as the first Black woman to run a broadcast TV news division, is leaving ABC News after a turbulent three-year run. The Walt Disney Co.-owned network announced Godwin's departure Sunday in a memo from Debra OConnell, president of News Group and Networks. 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...
After viral reports over tension within the network, ABC News president Kim Godwin will be stepping down. In an email sent out to staff on Sunday night, Godwin announced that she would be retiring from her position after being appointed in 2021. "I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism," Godwin said in the email obtained by Fox News Digital. She continued, "Anyone who’s passionate about what we do knows there’s no other business like it, so this was not an easy or quick decision. But...
Kim Godwin, the embattled president of ABC News, abruptly announced Sunday evening that she will exit the network, capping a tumultuous three-year run at the outlet after staffers said her polarizing leadership led to plummeting employee morale. “I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” Godwin told staffers in a memo that rocked the ABC News newsroom. “I have been fortunate and blessed enough to have done almost every job there is in this business,” Godwin added. “But after...
By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Kim Godwin, the embattled president of ABC News, abruptly announced Sunday evening that she will exit the network, capping a tumultuous three-year run at the outlet after staffers said her polarizing leadership led to plummeting employee morale. “I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” Godwin told