Ben Sherwood

Barbara Walters is saying goodbye to TV journalism. After more than half a century in the industry, the veteran ABC News anchor plans to retire next summer, ABC announced Sunday night. Walters, 83, is set to make it official Monday morning on "The View....

Barbara Walters made it official on "The View" on Monday morning: after the summer of 2014, she won't be appearing on TV anymore. During lengthy remarks at the top of Monday's program, Walters addressed the issue, which has been following her for...

CBS correspondent Byron Pitts, an alum of the Orlando TV market, is moving to ABC. Pitts will be an anchor and chief national correspondent, ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced in a staff memo Monday. Pitts could anchor all and any programs, an...

Jake Tapper is jumping from ABC to CNN, where he will be chief Washington correspondent and anchor a daytime program starting next year. Tapper had been senior White House correspondent at ABC for four years. ABC announced that Jonathan Karl will become...

Chris Cuomo, left, talked to Aaron Fisher, Victim 1 in the Jerry Sandusky case, for ‘20/20.' Photo credit: Reuters/ABC News/Handout THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: CNN scooped up Jake Tapper from ABC and now the cable news channel has gone back to...

After the coffee. Before taking cough medicine as a preemptive move. The Skinny: It's raining here but it's 10 degrees in New York, so I guess I won't complain too much. I also won't complain that it was a slow news day. Stories include Netflix's...

While there were a few gracious questions for Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts regarding her health and who might fill in when she undergoes a bone marrow transplant for myelodysplastic syndrome (Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer,...

ABC News y Noticias Univision anunciaron hoy que han acordado, en principio, formar una empresa conjunta multiplataforma, de amplio alcance, dedicada a informar, aumentar el poder e inspirar a los hispanos en Estados Unidos, en inglés, brindando cobertura...

ABC News and Univision plan to launch a 24-hour English-language news network targeting U.S. Latinos, the fastest-growing segment of the nation's population....

ABC nabs former sports anchor Paula Faris to co-host "World News Now."...

ABC News boss says Katie Couric will appear frequently before her talk show debuts in September....

But the race isn't too friendly. ABC noted that from a year ago "GMA" is up 7 percent in total viewers and also 7 percent in the 25-to-54 age group while NBC is down 9 percent in total viewers and 12 percent in the age group....