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Disney close to picking next ABC News president: NBC News

  • 09 Apr 2021
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A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US. File/Reuters

Kimberly Godwin, the executive vice-president of CBS News, is in the final stages of negotiations with Walt Disney Co to become president of ABC News, a media report said on Friday.

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Godwin, a 14-year veteran of CBS, would become the first Black woman to lead a broadcast news division, NBC News reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Disney did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment outside of business hours.

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