ABC Affiliates Pull The Plug on NewsNow

By Chris Ariens 

TVWeek’s Michele Greppi reports the plan for a national-local cable news channel “built of content from ABC News and its affiliates” is dead.

Greppi writes, “the ABC Affiliate Association’s board of governors pulled the plug on any further talks.” Sources inside the network tell Greppi the affiliates’ desire for ownership was the key issue. The network may go forward with the platform asking affiliate to participate, without ownership, in ABC News Now which has 44 million users across broadband, mobile and cable platforms.

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