ABC News names Godwin as president
Reuters
Published Apr 14, 2021 04:50PM ET
By Helen Coster
(Reuters) -CBS News executive Kimberly Godwin has been named president of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) Co's ABC News, the media company said on Wednesday, becoming the first Black woman to lead the news division of a major broadcast television network.
Godwin will join ABC News in early May, replacing James Goldston.
In July, ABC News fired senior executive Barbara Fedida after an independent investigation alleged she had made racially insensitive comments and used inappropriate language, according to a company email.
Fedida, the network’s former senior vice president for talent, editorial strategy and business affairs, denied the allegations when they surfaced in media reports in June, describing them as “incredibly misleading.”
Godwin's hiring comes amid several big leadership changes in television news. In February AT&T Inc (NYSE:T)'s CNN said its president, Jeff Zucker, would leave the cable news network at the end of 2021. Rashida Jones took the helm of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Corp-owned MSNBC in February, becoming the first Black woman to lead a cable news network.
And CBS is expected to announce shortly a successor for President Susan Zirinsky, who is leaving to pursue a production deal at parent company ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC).
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