Disney Names ABC News President as Co-Chairman of TV Unit
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Walt Disney Co. named ABC News President Ben Sherwood as co-chairman of its media networks, filling the vacancy created by the planned departure in January of Anne Sweeney.
Sherwood will begin the transition immediately as co-president of the Disney/ABC Television Group and will continue to oversee news until a successor is named, the Burbank, California-based company said today in a statement.