Kim Goodwin Out at ABC News

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Sudden perhaps, but not surprising. Puck News and others have been reporting for some time that she was not a good fit for the ABC News Room culture. They are cut throat, she is a bit more Oprah Winfrey. They also work long and hard hours, she constantly preached Work-Life balance, and was seen as spending more time on her own Wellness, and Image, than the news.

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“Kim Godwin, who three years ago became the first Black woman to run a broadcast television news division, announced late Sunday that she is leaving the network and retiring from the news business.Her sudden departure comes about two months after the network’s parent company, Disney, appointed a veteran executive in a newly created role just above her to oversee the news division, essentially stripping Godwin of oversight over ABC News. At the same time, however, Godwin signed a contract extension to remain president of the network.In announcing her new contract, Godwin gave no sign of her coming departure. “There is more work to be done,” she wrote. “Now let’s get to it.”She struck a very different tone in a memo to staff on Sunday night, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, describing her departure as a happy ending to a long and storied career.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/05/05/kim-goodwin-abc-news/

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