ABC News
| ABC News | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | New York |
| Type: | News Media |
| Affiliation: | ABC (Disney/ABC Television Group) |
| Top official: | James Goldston, President |
| Website: | Official website |
ABC News is the news division of ABC, which is a part of the Disney/ABC Television Group. ABC News reports news via its television network and through its website.
ABC News' evening viewership was around 8 million in 2014, making it the second most watched evening network news channel. The network's morning show, Good Morning America, is the most watched of the major networks' morning news programing, at 5.5 million viewers.[1]
Background
ABC News, headquartered in New York, is the news division of ABC. The news division includes news magazine shows such as the World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20, Primetime and This Week with George Stephanopoulos.[2]
Evening news viewership of ABC News has, since 2008, remained relatively steady; as of 2015, viewership for the evening news was around 8 million viewers, compared to 6.8 million for CBS and 8.9 million for NBC.[1] Morning viewership of ABC's Good Morning America show surpassed NBC's Today Show in 2012 and, by 2015, ABC had almsot 5.5 million viewers compared to NBC's 4.9 million viewers; overall, ABC's Good Morning America saw a 23 percent growth since 2008.[1] ABC's Sunday program This Week, according to the Pew Research Center, is the second most watched Sunday news program, after CBS News's Meet the Press, which has 3.1 million viewers. ABC's 20/20 has over 5.9 million viewers, while NBC's Dateline Friday and CBS' 60 Minutes have about 6.4 million and 10.8 million viewers, respectively.[1] ABC News' advertising revenue in 2013 was $130 million and about $140 million in 2014, compared to $148 million and $117 million for NBC and CBS in 2014, respectively.[1]
Online traffic for ABC exceeds that of NBC and CBS; ABC's total digital population, according to Pew, was 65,300 unique visitors for January 2015, compared to 56,424 for NBC and 47,053 for CBS.[1]
2016 presidential elections
December 19, 2015 Democratic debate
In November 2015, ABC News announced that Martha Raddatz, ABC's chief global affairs correspondent, David Muir, host of World News Tonight with David Muir, and WMUR-TV (ABC) anchor Josh McElveen, would moderate the Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire on December 19, 2015.[3] The debates were a partnership between ABC News, the New Hampshire Union Leader.[3]
February 6, 2016 Republican debate
ABC News hosted the eighth Republican primary debate in Manchester, N.H. on February 6, 2016. The debate was moderated by Martha Raddatz and David Muir. The debate was sponsored by the Independent Journal Review. The debate included Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Ben Carson and Chris Christie, however Carly Fiorina was excluded due to her failure to meet the debate qualification criteria.[4][5]
Leadership
Below is the list of the leadership of Disney and ABC, as of December, 2015:[6][7][8]
- Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO
- Ben Sherwood, Co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group
- James Goldston, President, ABC News
- Barbara Fedida, Senior Vice President for Talent and Business, ABC News
- Joe Ruffolo, Senior Vice President, ABC News Digital
- Susan Mercandetti, Vice President for Business Development and Partnerships, ABC News
Media
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See also
- David Muir
- George Stephanopoulos
- Martha Raddatz
- Manchester, New Hampshire ABC News/WMUR Democratic debate (December 19, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Pew Research Center, "Network News: Fact Sheet," April 29, 2015
- ↑ CBS Corporation, "ABC News," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Politico, "David Muir, Martha Raddatz, Josh McElveen to moderate ABC debates," November 24, 2015
- ↑ ABC, "ABC News Announces New Hampshire Republican Debate Candidate Lineup," February 4, 2016
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Donald Trump And Ted Cruz Will Throw Haymakers At Saturday's ABC Debate Ahead Of New Hampshire Vote," February 6, 2016
- ↑ Disney, "About the Walt Disney Company," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ ABC News, "James Goldston Named President of ABC News," April 10, 2014
- ↑ ABC News, "Sherwood Names Fedida, Ruffolo and Mercandetti to Senior Posts at ABC News," accessed December 22, 2015
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