GMA EPs: Morning Notes & Quotes

> Variety: “ABC has named two top execs at ‘Good Morning America’ to replace outgoing exec producer Ben Sherwood…”

> NYT: “ABC News yesterday announced a new team for ‘Good Morning America’ as it takes the measure of a morning-show landscape being remade by the departures of Charles Gibson (from ‘Good Morning America’) and Katie Couric (from ‘Today’), and soon to feature Meredith Vieira (Ms. Couric’s replacement)…”

> B&C: “Murphy says GMA is well positioned for the fight. ‘We want to be in complete competition for first place in the morning,’ he says. ‘We have people on air who are spectacular journalists and warm broadcasters…'”

> AP: “ABC follows a trend set by the other two network morning programs. Instead of a single executive producer for the broadcast, there are essentially two bosses, so the logistics of running a daily, live two-hour broadcast don’t overwhelm the need for strategic planning. ‘People are adding more firepower and that’s just what we’re doing here,’ Murphy said…”