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ABC News underwent a round of staff reductions on Thursday, with about 50 positions impacted as part of parent Walt Disney Co.’s companywide cuts.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor ABC News will shrink the size of its executive team in the wake of layoffs ordered by its corporate parent, Walt Disney Co. Among the senior executives leaving the Disney news unit are Wendy Fisher, the senior vice president of newsgathering who joined the organization in 1989 as a desk assistant; Galen Gordon, senior vice president of talent strategy and development; Mary Noonan, vice president of talent strategy and development; and Alison Rudnick, a media industry veteran who joined ABC News from CNN in 2021 to represent ABC News President Kim Godwin as vice president of corporate communications. Others who are leaving include Chris Vlasto, a veteran senior executive producer who led ABC News’ investigative unit; Heather Riley, an executive editorial producer who has long been seen as a trusted lieutenant of anchor George Stephanopoulos; and David Herndon, ABC News’ Los Angeles bureau chief who has been with ABC News since joining as a producer in 1999.

Nationally syndicated daytime talker Tamron Hall has been renewed for Season 5 with leading broadcast groups including Hearst, Scripps, Nexstar, Cox and Gray, among others. The groups join the ABC Owned Television Stations, which previously announced the two-year renewal of Tamron Hall through the 2023-2024 season.

ABC News producer Dax Tejera’s official cause of death has been revealed — and it may not be what everyone expected!

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes surprisingly were in the celebrating mood – even after they were officially given the boot from ABC!

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are poised to depart GMA3: What You Need To Know, after the two anchors were taken off the air following public revelations of a romantic relationship between the two news figures.

Things remain up in the air for Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes when it comes to their Good Morning America punishment!

The wife of an ABC News producer Dax Tejera has found herself in some legal trouble following her husband’s shocking death last month!

Whoopi Goldberg has made headlines for her controversial remarks just as often as she has for her storied, EGOT-winning career.

Dax Tejera, the executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, died suddenly on Friday of a heart attack. 

Never accuse ABC News of exploiting a scandal, we guess!

Following the scandal. Bethenny Frankel and more celebrities have been keeping up with the drama as T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach‘s Good Morning America relationship continues to raise eyebrows.

S**t’s finally hitting the fan!

A change of pace. Gio Benitez and Stephanie Ramos are temporarily taking over as GMA3 hosts from T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach amid the reported relationship between the regular coanchors.

Sitting it out. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes were absent from GMA3 on Monday, December 5, days after news of their alleged relationship made headlines.

GMA3 viewers will be in for a shake-up as Stephanie Ramos and Gio Benitez temporarily take over for Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes amid their scandal.

Viewers tuning into the third hour of Good Morning America won’t be seeing Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes for the foreseeable future, Us Weekly can confirm.

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have been pulled at least temporarily from hosting duties on ABC News’ GMA3: What You Need To Know as the network figures out how to handle the revelation of romantic relationship between the two news figures.

Deborah Roberts will expand her role at ABC News, becoming a contributing anchor for 20/20 in addition to her duties as senior national affairs correspondent.

Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to executive director of ABC News Live, the network’s streaming channel.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Seni Tienabeso was elevated to executive director of ABC News Live, spotlighting a growing emphasis on streaming news content at the Disney-backed news organization. Seni first joined ABC News in 2007, and worked over a decade a a field producer and reporter before becoming a senior producer at “World News Tonight.” At ABC News Live, Tienabeso helped launch “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis,” one of the industry’s earliest regular streaming programs. In his new role, hei will oversee day-to-day editorial direction for the channel and focus on developing its original live programming, live events, and specials. ABC News Live executive producers will now report to Seni, who will lead the search for a new executive producer of “ABC News Live Prime.”

ABC News Studios unveiled a slate of narrative non-fiction projects as part of its official launch, with three feature documentaries and 15 series and specials in production.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJanai Norman, who has worked in various jobs for ABC News since 2016, was named a co-anchor of the weekend edition of “Good Morning America,”  a part of the morning-news franchise that has gotten new attention in recent years.Norman may already be familiar to viewers of the show. She has hosted its “Pop News” segment on weekends, joining the proceedings when ABC News launched a second hour of weekend “GMA” in October of 2019.  Dan B.

ABC News has named Janai Norman as the new co-anchor for Good Morning America on Saturday and Sunday.

ABC News has tapped Reena Mehta to serve as senior vice president of streaming and digital content, while the network announced other staff changes as it boosts its online presence.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Stacia Philips Deshishku, an ABC News veteran who has supervised audio content and was a former deputy Washington Bureau chief for the Disney-backed news outlet, has been named executive editor and senior vice president position. She reports to Kim Godwin, president of ABC News.Philips Deshishku will essentially work as the second-in-command of ABC News editorial efforts, working closely with senior producers at “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” “The View,” “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” “20/20,” “Tamron Hall” and “Nightline,” as well as ABC News’ booking unit.Prior to joining ABC,  the executive managed newsgathering around  some of the biggest domestic and international stories while serving as CNN’s director of coverage.

Quiana Burns’s leadership role at Tamron Hall is becoming permanent. The Good Morning America Weekend executive producer joined the syndicated daytime talk show as interim executive producer in October, shortly after Tamron Hall moved from ABC Entertainment to ABC News where it is overseen by the team of ABC News President Kim Godwin. It was Godwin who announced Burns’ official appointment today.