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ABC News and Yahoo News Announce Deal to Share Content

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:00:09 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
Fifteen years ago, the journalists at NBC News teamed up with the software wizards at Microsoft to create MSNBC.com, and it zoomed to the top tier of all the news sites on what was then the brand new World Wide Web. Now NBC's top rival, ABC News, is doing something similar with Yahoo News, starting a new chapter in the competition for online news consumers.

Network News at a Crossroads

Stevie Converse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:53:51 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter and Bill Carter
The economic problems facing ABC News and CBS News in many ways mirror those faced by newspapers, which have been similarly afflicted by a drop in advertising revenue. The reaction -- severe cuts in personnel and other costs -- also looks to be the same. But can you shrink your way to prosperity?

ABC News to Cut Half its Domestic Correspondents, Close Bricks-and-Mortar Bureaus

Stevie Converse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:32:44 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Matea Gold
As part of the deep cuts announced at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents. The Washington bureau will remain open, but its size will be substantially reduced.

Cuts at TV-News Divisions Signal Leaner Approach

Stevie Converse — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:46:25 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Sam Schechner
Staff cuts at two of the biggest broadcast-television news outfits in the U.S. foreshadow a shift toward cheaper TV news gathering, as broadcast-news groups face shrinking profits and increasing competition from cable and the Internet.

ABC News to Cut Hundreds of Staff

Stevie Converse — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:16:40 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter and Bill Carter
ABC News will sharply reduce by about 25 percent its news-gathering staff through buyouts and possible layoffs. The cuts at ABC, a unit of the Walt Disney Company, are among the steepest ever made at a network news division.

ABC News Plans 25 Percent Cutback

Stevie Converse — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:14:00 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Matea Gold
Bowing to economic pressures, ABC News is launching a top-to-bottom restructuring that will shrink the staff by as much as 25 percent and dramatically reorient the way it gathers and produces the news. Executives seek to cut between 300 and 400 staff members, about a quarter of the 1,400-person news division.

Deep Cuts Coming at ABC News

Stevie Converse — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:07:50 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
Marisa Guthrie
ABC News is seeking to eliminate 300 positions or close to 25 percent of the 1,300-person news division. ABC News president David Westin announced that there will be a division-wide buyout offer to all non-contract and non-union employees.

More D.C. Cuts for ABC News

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:57 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
ABC News is laying off "a handful" of full-time and part-time staffers at its Washington, D.C., bureau, a network source confirmed, marking the latest in a number of job moves and cuts there.

ABC News Asks Denver Police to Drop Charges Against Reporter

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:54 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
ABC's lawyers have asked Denver police to drop charges against reporter Asa Eslocker, who was arrested while trying to shoot video on a public sidewalk outside a Denver hotel, according to ABC.

Parsing Parsley

Stevie Converse — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:26:39 -0400

Full article: Columbia Journalism Review
Zachary Roth
Good for ABC News and Brian Ross, who are finally giving Pastor Rod Parsley, an important Christian conservative ally of John McCain, the kind of scrutiny he deserves.