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ABC Newsers Toast Ben Sherwood

By Chris Ariens on Aug. 22, 2014 - 12:11 PM

As Ben Sherwood heads West, his East Coast colleagues sent him off in style last night at the Nomad Hotel in New York’s Flatiron District. Sherwood, named co-president of Disney/ABC TV in March, is moving his family to Los A ...

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Ann Compton to Retire After 41 Years at ABC

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 15, 2014 - 11:31 AM

Veteran White House correspondent Ann Compton — who has covered seven presidents during her time at ABC News — will retire this fall, Politico Playbook reports this morning. She will officially retire September 10, 41 ...

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The A.M. Ticker: Journalist Killed, Transgender Seal, Moving On

By Chris Ariens on Aug. 13, 2014 - 11:25 AM

AP video journalist Simone Camilli was killed today after ordnance left over from fighting in Gaza exploded. Camillia, an Italian national and his translator, Palestinian Shehda Abu Afash were killed as they reporting on the after ...

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ABC | Revolving Door

Diane Sawyer Leaving ‘ABC World News;’ David Muir Takes Over as Anchor and Managing Editor

By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2014 - 9:02 AM

Breaking: ABC’s Diane Sawyer is stepping down from anchoring “World News” and will focus on primetime specials, big interviews, and enterprise reporting for the network. David Muir, who has been sole anchor of t ...

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‘Primetime LIVE!’ 25 Years Later

By Chris Ariens on Jun. 13, 2014 - 11:08 AM

There was a big reunion last night to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ABC’s “Primetime Live.” About 100 former correspondents, editors, researchers, PAs, APs, and photographers celebrated at the home of autho ...

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ABC News Has Best May Sweep Since Roone Arledge was In Charge

By Chris Ariens on May. 30, 2014 - 11:20 AM

ABC News is taking a victory lap after the network’s newscasts finished in first place in either the key news demo or total viewers, or, in the case of “Good Morning America,” both. It was ABC’s best May sw ...

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ABC | Evening News

Barbara Walters Comes Out of Retirement to Toast Diane Sawyer

By Chris Ariens on May. 28, 2014 - 5:11 PM

Barbara Walters dropped by her building this afternoon to make sure the rent was still being paid. Actually, she stopped by ABC News HQ to toast her friend and colleague Diane Sawyer and her “World News” team for finis ...

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Barbara Walters Farewell: ‘True, I Was the First Female Co-Host… But Also True, I Was a Flop’

By Chris Ariens on May. 15, 2014 - 12:28 AM

It was a star-studded farewell for Barbara Walters at New York City’s Four Seasons restaurant tonight. From comedian Joan Rivers to commissioner Bill Bratton; from New York’s chronicler of scandal, Cindy Adams, to ...

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Barbara Walters on ‘Paving the Way’ for Women: ‘That’s My Legacy’

By Jordan Chariton on May. 12, 2014 - 10:06 PM

It was a celebratory atmosphere tonight at ABC News Headquarters when the network’s Upper West Side New York City building was officially renamed the “Barbara Walters Building.” “It’s not the intervie ...

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Barbara Walters: ‘My Whole Being in Front of the Camera is Such an Amazing Accident’

By Merrill Knox on May. 9, 2014 - 1:42 PM

As she prepares for her final week as co-host of “The View,” Barbara Walters reflects on her career in a Vanity Fair profile. Walters says her success has been a result of “an amazing accident” — find ...

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