Disney close to picking next ABC News president - NBC News
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FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
(Reuters) - Kimberly Godwin, the executive vice-president of CBS News, is in the final stages of negotiations with Walt Disney Co to become president of ABC News, a media report said on Friday.
Godwin, a 14-year veteran of CBS, would become the first Black woman to lead a broadcast news division, NBC News reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the situation. https://nbcnews.to/3dRahKX
Disney did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment outside of business hours.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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