Debra OConnell to Lead Combined ABC News, Stations and Business Ops Group in Reorganization

ABC is more restructuring a few of its business, relocating the network’s news department right into a group that additionally consists of regional stations and business procedures.

Long time Disney director Debra OConnell will certainly lead the brand-new department as head of state news group and networks for Disney Home entertainment. ABC News head of state Kim Godwin and Chad Matthews, head of state of ABC Owned Tv Stations, will certainly report to her.

“Debra is an excellent executive who has succeeded in a wide range of leadership roles around our company and knows very well the extraordinary power of ABC News and its world-class journalists,” claimed Disney Home entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden, to whom OConnell will certainly report. “This new role gives her oversight across all our linear operations, where she will be able to optimize our iconic brands and shepherd them into the future. I look forward to having her lead these incredibly talented teams as we build on our success.”

Said OConnell, “I consider it a privilege to advocate for the best networks, the best news organization and the best stations in the world, and thank Dana for her leadership and trust. I’m excited to work with Kim, Chad and these exceptional teams on strategies to super-serve our viewers for years to come.”

OConnell signed up with Walden’s group in a previous reorganization at Disney and was most just recently head of state networks and tv business procedures for Disney Home entertainment Tv. She currently includes ABC News group to a province that currently consisted of regional stations and business procedures for Disney’s straight networks — FX Networks, Nat Geo, Disney Networks and Freeform in enhancementto ABC Prior to that she was head of state and basic supervisor of WABC in New York City.