ABC-TV seems to want to hold onto the network anchor as the stars of our news consumption, but that ship has sailed:
ABC News said it's changing the name of its evening newscast to reflect both new anchorman Charles Gibson and an expansion into the digital realm, including an afternoon webcast.
The change from "World News Tonight" to "World News with Charles Gibson" occurred Wednesday evening.
The network is right, though, in one part of its reasoning:
With a webcast downloaded up to 2 million times a week through the Internet and iTunes, a network blog updated throughout the day and Gibson's participation in a 5 p.m. EDT ABC News Radio broadcast, "`World News' is not on only at night," Banner said.
I confess that, except for an occasional peek, I really haven't watched network news for about five years now. Am I leaving myself ill-informed, or have others joined me in that choice?
Wonder if I could get the newspaper to change the name of our editorial page to "Leo Morris presents the Evening Forum"?
Comments
I'm with you on the major network news broadcasts - too much dilution for me. The only exception I've found is that Newshour w/ Jim Lehrer on PBS is still the best national news show running. He treats his audience as though they might actually be able to comprehend and interpret the depth of the major news stories of the day - wild concept huh?
And for heavy-duty doses of public affairs, don't forget C-Span.