> New York Times: “Goldston is being asked to undertake one of the toughest assignments in television news: to widen the appeal of “Nightline” at a time when Americans have never had more choices for how to get the news.”
> Goldston used to produced the BBC’s “Newsnight,” “considered a descendent of ‘Nightline,'” David Bauder notes.
> “The appointment of New York-based Goldston should put to rest some fears about the future of ‘Nightline:’ that it might depart from the sober formula that made it distinctive or that the half-hour would be turned over to the entertainment division, Variety’s Michael Learmonth says.
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