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Feb 10, 2010 11:50 AM CST

New 9/11 Photos Released

Aerial police photos provide dramatic new angles of the destruction

(Newser) - New York police have released thousands of aerial photographs taken on Sept. 11, 2001, providing a dramatic new view of the destruction of the World Trade Center. ABC News obtained the pictures with a Freedom of Information Act request filed last year. So far, the network's posted only 12 online,...

Diane Sawyer Outshines
Katie Couric

tv review

Feb 5, 2010 2:19 PM CST

Diane Sawyer Outshines Katie Couric

New anchor is no everywoman, but ABC's winning the ratings war

(Newser) - Similarities between Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric abound, but the new ABC anchor is already beating her CBS counterpart. “Sawyer may be able to succeed where Couric hasn’t quite,” writes Los Angeles Times TV critic Mary McNamara, “blending the undeniable if troubling trend toward emo-journalism while...

Fox Most Trusted Network: Poll

Jan 27, 2010 6:23 AM CST

Fox Most Trusted Network: Poll

CNN ranks second, as Americans favor outlets they agree with

(Newser) - Americans consider Fox the most trusted name in news broadcasting, a poll released yesterday found. Some 49% of the 1151 registered voters surveyed by PPP said they trusted the network's news coverage, 10% ahead of CNN. Fox also recorded the lowest level of distrust, 37%. The major networks fared the...

NBC Complains to White House About ABC's Access

Jan 22, 2010 10:41 AM CST

NBC Complains to White House About ABC's Access

Source says NBC wants more Obama interviews; network denies it

(Newser) - NBC has filed a formal complaint with the White House, saying ABC is getting a disproportionate number of interviews with President Obama. The network cites recent sit-downs with George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson, and alleges that Stephanopoulos’ friendship with Rahm Emanuel is helping the network land the face time, according...

ABC Shows How It's Done With Successful Sawyer Switch

ANALYSIS

Jan 18, 2010 4:10 PM CST

ABC Shows How It's Done With Successful Sawyer Switch

Low expectations produce high ratings

(Newser) - With all the bloodshed at NBC, it would be easy to overlook the fact that at least one network has made a major talent changes without causing plummeting ratings. Diane Sawyer’s relatively inconspicuous slide into Charlie Gibson’s ABC anchor seat didn’t deliver an immediate ratings bump, but...

ABC Nearly Paid
Balloon Boy $10K

Jan 11, 2010 3:00 AM CST

ABC Nearly Paid Balloon Boy $10K

Backed off when judge ruled family couldn't profit from hoax

(Newser) - ABC News was just about to pay the family of "balloon boy" Jason Heene $10,000 for a video of their stunt and an interview before a judge ruled last month that the family couldn't profit from their hoax. "ABC pulled the story because it didn't want the...

Peter Orszag
Engaged to
ABC Reporter

MEDIA + POLITICS = LUV

Dec 29, 2009 6:51 AM CST

Peter Orszag Engaged to ABC Reporter

Budget director, ABC News correspondent Bianna Golodryaga to wed

(Newser) - President Obama’s budget director Peter Orszag, whom Rahm Emanuel once credited with making “nerdy sexy,” has scored himself a beautiful fiancee in ABC News correspondent Bianna Golodryaga. Orszag met the decade-younger Golodryaga, 31, at May’s White House Correspondents Dinner. They got engaged over lunch in New...

Diane Sawyer
Does 'Fine'
in Debut

tv review

Dec 21, 2009 7:29 PM CST

Diane Sawyer Does 'Fine' in Debut

New ABC anchor is no Katie Couric, and maybe that's good

(Newser) - Diane Sawyer slid easily into the "ABC World News" anchor chair tonight, and really, were you expecting anything different? The second woman at the solo helm of an evening newscast "made a strong, if a bit over-animated, debut," writes Robert Bianco. She interviewed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, offered a...

Diane Sawyer
Slips Quietly
Into Evening
News Slot

Dec 21, 2009 7:09 AM CST

Diane Sawyer Slips Quietly Into Evening News Slot

As ABC tries to avoid another Katie Couric

(Newser) - Diane Sawyer is taking a page from Katie Couric—on how not to debut as an evening news anchor. After Katie's much ballyhooed launch on CBS—and almost immediate crash in the ratings—ABC is using the opposite strategy, moving Sawyer in with no fanfare during one of the quietest...

Chris Cuomo
Leaves GMA
for 20/20

ABC NEWS SHAKEUP

Dec 10, 2009 12:34 PM CST

Chris Cuomo Leaves GMA for 20/20

News anchor was considered for Diane Sawyer's spot on GMA

(Newser) - It looks as though all the moving pieces of the Good Morning America shakeup have come to rest, with erstwhile news anchor Chris Cuomo landing as co-anchor of 20/20. Cuomo, who was in the running for Diane Sawyer's job—which went to George Stephanopoulos—will be replaced by Juju Chang,...

Chris Brown: I'm
Paying for What I Did

WATCH THE APOLOGY

Nov 13, 2009 12:54 PM CST

Chris Brown: I'm Paying for What I Did

Singer apologizes to Rihanna on air, says he regrets assault

(Newser) - Chris Brown apologized to Rihanna on BET’s 106 & Park yesterday, adding that he’s “embarrassed” by the assault. The singer says he doesn’t agree with his ex-girlfriend's decision to discuss the incident on 20/20, but “I can only be a man and just accept the...

Rihanna's ABC Interview a Bust

HYPE VS. REALITY

Nov 3, 2009 12:19 AM CST

Rihanna's ABC Interview a Bust

Source says she gives no details on beating by Chris Brown

(Newser) - ABC is plugging its exclusive sitdown with Rihanna as her first in-depth account of February’s beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown—but the Diane Sawyer interview is apparently a bust. A source tells Media Take Out that Rihanna, 21, says virtually nothing about the incident beyond the...

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet

Oct 23, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

Chuck Todd Chickens Out on Goatee Bet

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they...

Stossel: Yeah, I'm Biased. So?

OPINION

Sep 25, 2009 3:56 PM CDT

Stossel: Yeah, I'm Biased. So?

Every reporter is, latest Fox hire opines

(Newser) - When John Stossel announced he was leaving ABC for Fox News, many complained he was “biased.” His response? “Every reporter has political beliefs,” he writes for Reason Online. “The difference is that I am upfront about mine.” For example, most media outlets call President...

Sebelius Schools
Reporter on
How to Sneeze

Sep 17, 2009 2:52 PM CDT

Sebelius Schools Reporter on How to Sneeze

(Newser) - NBC's Chuck Todd got a lesson in how to sneeze properly today when he let one fly during a briefing with health secretary Kathleen Sebelius. After Todd sneezed, Sebelius stopped the press conference to razz him about not sneezing into his sleeve, reports MediaBistro. "What's up with that? she...

ABC's John Stossel
Jumps Ship for Fox

Sep 10, 2009 2:10 PM CDT

ABC's John Stossel Jumps Ship for Fox

20/20 anchor joins fellow transplants Chris Wallace, Brit Hume

(Newser) - 20/20 anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC for Fox News and the Fox Business Channel, Mediabistro reports. The move is yet another shakeup for ABC—Stossel’s co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is a frontrunner to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. Stossel, a frequent guest on Fox, will have a...

Sawyer Nabbed
Anchor Job
by 'Waiting
Around'

commentary

Sep 6, 2009 6:59 AM CDT

Sawyer Nabbed Anchor Job by 'Waiting Around'

Passage of time has 'smoothed bumps on her resumé'

(Newser) - What Diane Sawyer has achieved as the second female solo news anchor is “more subtle” than Katie Couric’s ascendancy, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times. Sawyer “is a gorgeous, glamorous television personality who got to the top job by waiting around,” Stanley notes. It...

Dear Diane,
Save the News—
Nix the Anchor Job

OPINION

Sep 4, 2009 2:10 PM CDT

Dear Diane, Save the News— Nix the Anchor Job

Sawyer shouldn't take post with 'marginal' journalistic worth

(Newser) - Nightly network news is fading into irrelevance—and if Diane Sawyer wants to make a difference in the media, she should turn down Charlie Gibson’s job so ABC can pay for some real reporting, writes Jack Shafer for Slate. The broadcasts have essentially become infotainment, an expert says, “...

Sawyer Faces
Uphill Battle
Backstage

ANALYSIS

Sep 3, 2009 1:15 PM CDT

Sawyer Faces Uphill Battle Backstage

(Newser) - Diane Sawyer finally has the job she’s been waiting for, Rebecca Dana writes for the Daily Beast: “anchor of World News, the once towering, now considerably diminished evening broadcast.” But her renewed rivalry with Katie Couric and her struggle to hold on to Charles Gibson’s ratings...

Charles Gibson to Leave ABC's World News

Sep 2, 2009 11:09 AM CDT

Charles Gibson to Leave ABC's World News

Diane Sawyer will take over as nightly news anchor in January

(Newser) - Charles Gibson will step down as ABC’s World News anchor at year's end, and Diane Sawyer will take the top slot, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In an email to the staff, Gibson explains that he had earlier hoped to retire from his post at Good Morning America in 2007,...