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The ‘Good Morning America’ co-host will remain with the program, which has recently fallen behind NBC’s ‘Today’ in the ratings.
ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to settle a suit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that Donald Trump had been found civilly liable for rape.
Karamehmedovic succeeds Kim Godwin, who exited the network in May.
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‘General Hospital’ star Chad Duell, the third actor to play Michael Corinthos III on the long-running ABC soap opera, is leaving the series after 14 years.
Disney and DirecTV agreed to a new distribution deal, restoring ESPN, ABC and other channels for more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers.
The stations and ABC News won’t lose any on-air talent in the latest round of cost reductions, which Disney management described as “surgical.”
The seasoned ABC News anchors, who have moderated presidential primary debates, will be serving up questions to Harris and Trump in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Walt Disney Co. proposed a partial detente (at least for Tuesday) as the blackout of its channels on DirecTV and U-Verse stretched into its 10th day.
The ABC and ESPN blackout on DirecTV — affecting nearly 11 million homes — comes during a busy sports calendar with college football, the NFL and the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
Linsey Davis, the co-moderator of Tuesday’s presidential debate in Philadelphia, has quietly becoming a rising star at ABC News.