ABC News' Peter Jennings to Have Daily Contact With ABCNEWS.com Users.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- E-mail Will Look Ahead At the Evening Newscast newscast Radio or television broadcast of news events. News gathering and broadcasting by the radio networks began in the mid-1930s and increased significantly during World War II. The television newscast began in 1948 with 15-minute programs that resembled movie newsreels. and Give Insight Into the News Process - Have you ever wondered how an evening newscast is put together? Why producers and anchors have chosen certain stories to cover? Now, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. News' Peter Jennings, anchor and managing editor of ABC News' "World News Tonight," offers ABCNEWS.com users a unique look into the creation of a network newscast. Mr. Jennings is the first network news anchor to provide daily insight into the day's news. Each weekday afternoon, ABCNEWS.com users will receive an e-mail from Mr. Jennings describing what he and his producers have deemed the most important, relevant news stories of the day and how that has developed. He also will provide users with a glimpse of how "World News Tonight" will be structured each evening. The process is meant to provide a more personal, interactive dimension to the evening news broadcast. "The Internet is the new frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental of journalism," said Mr. Jennings. "I am pleased to be in touch with ABCNEWS.com users on a daily basis. I hope this will create a new relationship between `World News Tonight' viewers and those of us who assemble the broadcast." "The combination of Peter Jennings and ABCNEWS.com users is a powerful one," said David Westin David Westin is currently president of ABC News (since March 6 1997). He is responsible for all aspects of ABC News’ broadcasts, including World News Tonight, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime, , President of ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. . "Peter's take on daily events coupled with the savvy and interest of ABCNEWS.com users will inevitably change the way we all view the daily news." ABCNEWS.com, the fastest growing news site on the Web, combines the editorial judgment of ABC News and the technical expertise of Infoseek to deliver the most credible and useful news site on the Internet. ABCNEWS.com, which provides 24-hour comprehensive coverage of international, national and local news, as well as sports, entertainment, business, technology, science and health reporting, delivers the news in a format that is quick and meaningful, leveraging the interactivity of the web to enhance and personalize its coverage. ABCNEWS.com can be found on the Web at www.abcnews.go.com. In addition, ABCNEWS.com has distribution partnerships with, among others, Infoseek, Alta Vista See AltaVista. (World-Wide Web) Alta Vista - A World-Wide Web site provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. , and Palm Pilot. Netscape is a premier promotional partner and preferred provider of browser and server software for ABCNEWS.com. A part of the GO Network, ABCNEWS.com is a joint venture of Buena Vista Internet Group, a division of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company, and Infoseek Corporation. Recently, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DIS) reached an agreement with Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq: SEEK) to combine its Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG) with Infoseek and create a single Internet business called go.com. |
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