>From Politico: ABC News is negotiating with former "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel, a 42-year veteran of the network, for a potential return to anchor “This Week” three Sundays a month, broadcast industry sources said.
ABC News executives said no offers have been made. Under the proposed Koppel arrangement, the fourth Sunday would rotate among potential future anchors from the network's Washington bureau. ABC News President David Westin wrote in an e-mail: "We are in the middle of the process, and I will not comment on the specifics of whom we are and whom we are not talking to. I’m considering a number of alternatives. I will pull back the veil to the limited degree of telling you — for the benefit of your readers — that just about every specific that you have is false." Friends say Koppel would most like to be secretary of state, but that this perch might be a satisfactory alternative. A potential snag is that Koppel’s longtime producer, Tom Bettag, is not part of the deal, and Koppel might want him to be. The arrangement would have the network relying on a proven draw to give stability to the broadcast at a time when new anchors are getting their footing at "World News" and "Good Morning America." Koppel is currently the Discovery Channel's managing editor and anchors "Koppel on Discovery," a series of long-form programming. Koppel is also a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. >From Koppel's Discovery biography: "He and his team of award-winning producers >joined the network in January 2006. From 1980 until 2005, he was the anchor >and managing editor of ABC News' 'Nightline,' one of the most honored >broadcasts in television history. ... Before becoming 'Nightline' anchor, >Koppel worked as an anchor, foreign and domestic correspondent, and bureau >chief for ABC News. "A native of Lancashire, England, Koppel moved to the U.S. with his parents when he was 13 and became a U.S. citizen in 1963. Koppel speaks fluent German, adequate French and smatterings of a half-dozen other languages. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University and a Master of Arts in mass communications research and political science from Stanford University. He is married to the former Grace Anne Dorney of New York City. They reside in Maryland and have four children and five grandchildren." Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes Email: kgbar...@yahoo.com KGB Report: http://www.kgbreport.com Commentwear by KGB: http://www.commentwear.com National Temperature Index: http://nationaltemperatureindex.com DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.dcldialogue.com Random Quotations Generator: http://www.goodquotations.com Over 13,000 searchable quotations.
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