Almin Karamehmedovic has been promoted to senior executive producer of World News Tonight with David Muir, and he will take on expanded duties developing short and long form projects.
Karamehmedovic has led World News Tonight since August, 2014. In that time, it has become No. 1 in viewership among all newscasts on broadcast and cable.
As part of his new duties, he’ll be working to expand World News Tonight and will develop projects for broadcast and streaming platforms.
The memo from ABC News President Kim Godwin is below:
I am excited to announce Almin Karamehmedovic has been promoted to senior executive producer of “World News Tonight with David Muir,” and will be expanding his role to include News Content Development on streaming and broadcast.
Almin has led the team at “World News Tonight” since August 2014, and under his leadership with David, “World News Tonight” has become the most-watched newscast in America...
Karamehmedovic has led World News Tonight since August, 2014. In that time, it has become No. 1 in viewership among all newscasts on broadcast and cable.
As part of his new duties, he’ll be working to expand World News Tonight and will develop projects for broadcast and streaming platforms.
The memo from ABC News President Kim Godwin is below:
I am excited to announce Almin Karamehmedovic has been promoted to senior executive producer of “World News Tonight with David Muir,” and will be expanding his role to include News Content Development on streaming and broadcast.
Almin has led the team at “World News Tonight” since August 2014, and under his leadership with David, “World News Tonight” has become the most-watched newscast in America...
- 2/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney’s search for a new leader for ABC News continues weeks after the company unexpectedly disclosed the former president, James Goldston, would leave the post.
Goldston’s last day came at the end of March and the company has yet to hone in on a candidate to replace him, according to four people familiar with parts of the search process. When ABC News heads like David Westin or Ben Sherwood left in years past, Disney identified a successor. That hasn’t been the case in the current matter.
Disney and ABC News declined to make executives available for comment.
The quest for a news leader comes as ABC News is taking up more space in the company’s overall programming mix. The division has begun to generate more hours for primetime, where live news specials and deep dives into colorful stories have found a broader perch, and as Americans...
Goldston’s last day came at the end of March and the company has yet to hone in on a candidate to replace him, according to four people familiar with parts of the search process. When ABC News heads like David Westin or Ben Sherwood left in years past, Disney identified a successor. That hasn’t been the case in the current matter.
Disney and ABC News declined to make executives available for comment.
The quest for a news leader comes as ABC News is taking up more space in the company’s overall programming mix. The division has begun to generate more hours for primetime, where live news specials and deep dives into colorful stories have found a broader perch, and as Americans...
- 4/6/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC News President James Goldston announced that he would step down from his post on March 31.
“It’s a really tough decision. I’ve loved every day of my 17 years at ABC News, but in recent times I’ve always assumed that after this extraordinary election cycle, which we’ve covered at a full sprint for four years, it would be time for a change. After a great deal of reflection over the last few months, I’m ready for a new adventure,” Goldston wrote in a memo to employees.
Goldston has been with the network for 17 years, and head of the news division since 2014. No successor has been named. He said that Peter Rice, chairman of general entertainment content for Disney, had asked him to help with the search.
His departure is the latest change atop a network news division. Last year, Andrew Lack stepped down from his position...
“It’s a really tough decision. I’ve loved every day of my 17 years at ABC News, but in recent times I’ve always assumed that after this extraordinary election cycle, which we’ve covered at a full sprint for four years, it would be time for a change. After a great deal of reflection over the last few months, I’m ready for a new adventure,” Goldston wrote in a memo to employees.
Goldston has been with the network for 17 years, and head of the news division since 2014. No successor has been named. He said that Peter Rice, chairman of general entertainment content for Disney, had asked him to help with the search.
His departure is the latest change atop a network news division. Last year, Andrew Lack stepped down from his position...
- 1/28/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
James Goldston, the president of ABC News, will leave the Walt Disney-backed unit at the end of March, the latest in a recent series of changes among top national news executives.
“It’s a really tough decision,” Goldston said in a memo to staffers. “I’ve loved every day of my 17 years at ABC News, but in recent times I’ve always assumed that after this extraordinary election cycle, which we’ve covered at a full sprint for four years, it would be time for a change. After a great deal of reflection over the last few months, I’m ready for a new adventure.”
ABC News isn’t the industry’s largest division — AT&T’s CNN and Comcast’s NBC News Group are much bigger — but under Goldston’s aegis, the Disney division has punched well above its weight. David Muir has risen to become the nation’s most-watched...
“It’s a really tough decision,” Goldston said in a memo to staffers. “I’ve loved every day of my 17 years at ABC News, but in recent times I’ve always assumed that after this extraordinary election cycle, which we’ve covered at a full sprint for four years, it would be time for a change. After a great deal of reflection over the last few months, I’m ready for a new adventure.”
ABC News isn’t the industry’s largest division — AT&T’s CNN and Comcast’s NBC News Group are much bigger — but under Goldston’s aegis, the Disney division has punched well above its weight. David Muir has risen to become the nation’s most-watched...
- 1/28/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC News will elevate Derek Medina to executive vice president, giving him oversight of many of the Walt Disney unit’s business operations and freeing president James Goldston to devote some of his time to broader strategies.
“He will be a key partner for me in running our business who will manage our operational efforts and growth strategies and work with me and all our leaders on advancing the culture,” said Goldston in a prepared statement. The heads of marketing, global newsgathering operations, news administration, news practices and non-fiction production will report to Medina.
HIs ascension reflects the absence of a designated second-in-command executive at ABC News in recent years. Some of those duties had been taken up by Barbara Fedida, a former senior vice president who left ABC News earlier this year, and Tom Cibrowski, a former senior vice president who left in 2018 to run Disney-owned ABC station Kgo in San Francisco.
“He will be a key partner for me in running our business who will manage our operational efforts and growth strategies and work with me and all our leaders on advancing the culture,” said Goldston in a prepared statement. The heads of marketing, global newsgathering operations, news administration, news practices and non-fiction production will report to Medina.
HIs ascension reflects the absence of a designated second-in-command executive at ABC News in recent years. Some of those duties had been taken up by Barbara Fedida, a former senior vice president who left ABC News earlier this year, and Tom Cibrowski, a former senior vice president who left in 2018 to run Disney-owned ABC station Kgo in San Francisco.
- 10/23/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The final Nielsen numbers for the just-completed 2018-2019 network news season are in, and ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir again finished first in total viewers and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt beat its rivals in key demographics.
But viewership was flat or down across the board, even as the networks seized on the numbers for bragging rights.
ABC News touted that it won the season in total viewers for a third year in a row, and that it increased its margin over NBC Nightly News by 37%. NBC News placed ads in the New York Times promoting the fact that Nightly News, Today and Meet the Press won the demos for a fourth year in a row — and it also is touting it is No. 1 in the key news demo of adults 25-54 for a 12th straight season, and No. 1 in adults 18-49 for the 23rd season in a row.
But viewership was flat or down across the board, even as the networks seized on the numbers for bragging rights.
ABC News touted that it won the season in total viewers for a third year in a row, and that it increased its margin over NBC Nightly News by 37%. NBC News placed ads in the New York Times promoting the fact that Nightly News, Today and Meet the Press won the demos for a fourth year in a row — and it also is touting it is No. 1 in the key news demo of adults 25-54 for a 12th straight season, and No. 1 in adults 18-49 for the 23rd season in a row.
- 9/24/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC News’ “World News Tonight With David Muir” won the July 2017 sweep in Total Viewers, averaging 7.53 million viewers. “World News Tonight” has won all four sweeps periods of the 2016-17 television season, marking the first time the network earned that honor in a season since Peter Jennings was anchor 21 years ago from 1995-96. It is also ABC’s first July sweep victory over “Nightly News” since 2007. “From day one, David Muir and this team have remained focused on the reporting and the viewers every night, their concerns, their hopes — and we are grateful they have noticed,” executive producer Almin Karamehmedovic.
- 7/31/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
“World News Tonight with David Muir” finished as the No. 1 evening newscast in total viewers for the week of May 16, beating NBC’s “Nightly News with Lester Holt” over a given week for the first time in three months. “David and the team remain focused on the viewers and the reporting every single night. We are humbled to be part of the tightest race in nearly a decade,” executive producer Almin Karamehmedovic told TheWrap. The last time “World News Tonight” finished a week tops in total viewers was that of Feb. 1. “Wnt” averaged 7.93 million viewers last week, compared to 7.83 million for “Nightly News.
- 5/24/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
PBS dominated the 36th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which were doled out tonight at at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in Manhattan. The pubcaster lapped the field with 17 trophies, nearly doubling runner-up CBS’ nine. NBC was third with four. Univision (three) and The New York Times (two) were the only other outlets to score more than a single statuette.
Amid a rocky 2015, NBC Nightly News took home the plum Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its reporting on Ukraine. The program also won two others. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley also won a pair of awards.
CNN founder Ted Turner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for News & Documentary, which was presented by Larry King.
“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back the stories...
Amid a rocky 2015, NBC Nightly News took home the plum Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for its reporting on Ukraine. The program also won two others. CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley also won a pair of awards.
CNN founder Ted Turner was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for News & Documentary, which was presented by Larry King.
“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back the stories...
- 9/29/2015
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 8:49 Am: Almin Karamehmedovic, Executive Producer of ABC’s World News Tonight With David Muir, has released a statement trumpeting the newscast’s first win in years over NBC Nightly News: “I’m so proud of David and this incredible team. They’ve been intently focused on the viewers from the moment we started and we so appreciate they are responding. There is still so much work to do.” Previously, 6:37 Am: ABC’s World News Tonight has snapped NBC Nightly…...
- 4/7/2015
- Deadline TV
ABC News wants to keep Facebook video viewers up-to-date on the news with a short, daily feature. Facecast: The One Thing is the network’s one-minute newscast which debuted exclusively on Facebook on December 1, 2014. Hosted by World News Tonight anchor David Muir, Facecast: The One Thing is a daily video update available on Wnt’s Facebook page. The newscast covers what ABC considers to be the most important news stories and trends of the day, ranging from sports to politics to pop culture. The premiere installment of the show (which was actually over a minute long) obtained over 100,000 views. “We are grateful that our audience engages with David Muir and World News Tonight on social media all day long,” said World News Tonight executive producer Almin Karamehmedovic in a release. “We’re very excited to launch a newscast that is exclusively for Facebook where users can continue the conversation...
- 12/2/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
ABC News is putting the "news" in "News Feed." World News Tonight anchor David Muir will host a daily Facebook-based newscast beginning Dec. 1, it was announced Monday morning. The one-minute news update, titled Facecast: The One Thing, will give users highlights of the day's top stories — breaking news, the economy, sports, politics and other trending topics — and will be shot at ABC News headquarters in New York City. "We are grateful that our audience engages with David Muir and World News Tonight on social media all day long," said World News Tonight executive producer Almin Karamehmedovic. "We're very
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- 12/1/2014
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated With Full List: PBS and CBS were the big winners tonight as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled its 35th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The pubcaster walked away with a leading 11 trophies, followed by the Eye with 10. ABC picked up three wins, the only other network with more than two. PBS came into the ceremony with a field-leading 43 nominations, one more than CBS.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to William J. Small, who was CBS News Washington Bureau chief from 1962-74 and later President of NBC News, President of United Press International, and Chairman of News & Documentary at NATAS. “Throughout the ’60s and ’70s and into the 1980s, he was a key figure in the dramatic evolution of network news, NATAS Chairman Chuck Dages said of Small. “Recruiting the likes of Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, Bill Moyers, and many others, he changed...
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to William J. Small, who was CBS News Washington Bureau chief from 1962-74 and later President of NBC News, President of United Press International, and Chairman of News & Documentary at NATAS. “Throughout the ’60s and ’70s and into the 1980s, he was a key figure in the dramatic evolution of network news, NATAS Chairman Chuck Dages said of Small. “Recruiting the likes of Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, Bill Moyers, and many others, he changed...
- 10/1/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
“Good Morning America” senior executive producer Tom Cibrowski has been promoted to senior vice president at ABC News, where he will serve as No. 2 to president James Goldston. Michael Corn, previously executive producer of ABC's “World News,” will replace Cibrowski at “Good Morning America.” Almin Karamehmedovic, executive producer of “Nightline,” will replace Corn at “World News.” Also read: Ann Compton Retiring From ABC News After 4 Decades Cibrowski, whose full title is senior vice president of ABC News Programs, News Gathering and Special Events, has spent nearly 25 years at ABC and 13 at “Gma.” As senior executive producer, he led...
- 8/26/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Almin Karamehmedovic has been named executive producer of Nightline, ABC News said this morning. Current Ep Jeanmarie Condon has been named senior exec producer of content and development for the news division. Both will report to James Goldston, ABC’s Svp News. Condon will develop a range of special projects and series for broadcast, digital and cable, focusing on enterprise reporting and on the division-wide deep-dive journalism she is known for spearheading, ABC president Ben Sherwood said in this morning’s announcement. She will continue to oversee Nightline Primetime. Karamehmedovic has been senior producer, then senior broadcast producer of Nightline for the past four years. In 2001, he became one of the first journalists to gain access to Tora Bora, Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden was holed up, and in 2003 he embedded with the U.S. Army during the invasion of Iraq and spent much of the next three years there.
- 2/4/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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