Kim Godwin Named News Division President Of ABC Making Her The First Black Woman To Be Given The Position
Kim Godwin has worked at CBS News since 2007, after running local broadcast news operations in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Cleveland.
April 15, 2021
ABC Names Kim Godwin Its News Division President, Making Her The First Black Woman To Be The Top News Executive (Photo Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) ABC named Kim Godwin as its news division president on Wednesday, making her the first Black woman to be the top news executive at a broadcast network.
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Zirinsky leaving as CBS News chief, amid industry change
DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
April 14, 2021
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FILE - In this April 11, 2019 file photo, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky attends The Hollywood Reporter s annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception at The Pool in New York. Zirinsky told colleagues that she will be leaving as CBS News president after two years on the job. She is expected to stay at the network in some capacity. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
NEW YORK (AP) CBS News President Susan Zirinsky is stepping down after two years on the job, making it the second of the three broadcast news divisions to lose its leader in the past couple of months.