Julie Townsend To Leave Post As ABC News’ Head Of Communications

It might be raining out, but Gogglebox's Malone family have clearly got that Friday feeling.The telly regulars poured themselves a glass of bubbly as they sat outdoors in Covid safe drinking environment, sharing a cheers against a plywood backdrop.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will expand its recent “Soul of a Nation” series with two primetime specials designed to commemorate the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death and Juneteenth.“After Floyd: The Year that Shook the World – A Soul of a Nation Special,” will air Tuesday, May 25 from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., and will attempt to chronicle the events around Floyd’s death and consider how the nation moves forward from it.

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Andrew Dymburt and Kenneth Moton are getting new roles at ABC News, with Dymburt being named co-anchor of the overnight broadcasts World News Now and America This Morning, and Moton returning to the D.C. bureau.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMandy Chang, the head of BBC documentary strand Storyville, is stepping down after four years in the role to join super-indie Fremantle as global head of factual.Chang, whose role was officially commissioning editor of Storyville and acquisitions, will stay in the post until August, though recruitment for the role will begin in due course.

EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Riviera, the ABC News correspondent, is exploring America’s childcare crisis in a podcast series, with a little help from Kristen Bell.

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After 32 years on our screens, Jon Snow has announced that he is hanging up his mic and leaving Channel 4 News.

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Jon Snow, a towering figure of British television news (both literally and figuratively), is to leave Channel 4 News after 32 years.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJulie Townsend, longtime head of communications for ABC News, will leave the Disney unit as it prepares to welcome a new president.Townsend, a VP who has supervised outreach on behalf of flagship news programs ranging from “Good Morning America” to “World News Tonight,” will leave May 14 “to lead global consumer communications at an iconic American company” that she said in a memo to staffers would be revealed at a later date.“This was not an easy decision to

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will offer a portrait of the life of George Floyd in a two-hour “20/20” slated to air April 23 at 9 p.m.

Today, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that Emmy-winning journalist Adrienne Bankert has joined its cable network NewsNation, as an anchor and correspondent.

Today, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that Emmy-winning journalist Adrienne Bankert has joined its cable network NewsNation, as an anchor and correspondent.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorABC News alumnus Adrienne Bankert has joined Nexstar Media Group’s NewsNation cable channel as an anchor and correspondent.Bankert is expected to be part of the anchor team for a national morning news program that NewsNation is set to launch later this year. To start, she will cover national affairs and produce special reports for the Chicago-based news operation that launched last September on the cable channel previously known as WGN America.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC is looking for a new producer to open the network for business each morning.The abrupt departure of Michael Corn, the seasoned news producer who has managed the network’s flagship A.M. franchise, “Good Morning America,” since 2014, means ABC News is suddenly working a little harder to keep the program on its current path.

The revolving door continues to turn at ABC News. Michael Corn, the senior executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America, is departing the network.