ABC News will elevate Derek Medina to executive vice president, giving him oversight of many of the Walt Disney unit’s business operations and freeing president James Goldston to devote some of his time to broader strategies.
“He will be a key partner for me in running our business who will manage our operational efforts and growth strategies and work with me and all our leaders on advancing the culture,” said Goldston in a prepared statement. The heads of marketing, global newsgathering operations, news administration, news practices and non-fiction production will report to Medina.
HIs ascension reflects the absence of a designated second-in-command executive at ABC News in recent years. Some of those duties had been taken up by Barbara Fedida, a former senior vice president who left ABC News earlier this year, and Tom Cibrowski, a former senior vice president who left in 2018 to run Disney-owned ABC station Kgo in San Francisco.
“He will be a key partner for me in running our business who will manage our operational efforts and growth strategies and work with me and all our leaders on advancing the culture,” said Goldston in a prepared statement. The heads of marketing, global newsgathering operations, news administration, news practices and non-fiction production will report to Medina.
HIs ascension reflects the absence of a designated second-in-command executive at ABC News in recent years. Some of those duties had been taken up by Barbara Fedida, a former senior vice president who left ABC News earlier this year, and Tom Cibrowski, a former senior vice president who left in 2018 to run Disney-owned ABC station Kgo in San Francisco.
- 10/23/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has set a “Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert,” new Taylor Swift concert special comprised of previously taped footage, to air later this month after the season finale of “American Idol.”
Per the network, “Filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France, Swift performs songs from her award-winning album ‘Lover’ to an intimate crowd of fans from 37 countries, traveling to the City of Love for this once-in-a-lifetime concert. The musical event gives fans unprecedented access to behind-the-scenes moments with the artist and marks her only concert performance this year, after her Lover Fest tour was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.”
“While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance, and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC,” added Eric Avram,...
Per the network, “Filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France, Swift performs songs from her award-winning album ‘Lover’ to an intimate crowd of fans from 37 countries, traveling to the City of Love for this once-in-a-lifetime concert. The musical event gives fans unprecedented access to behind-the-scenes moments with the artist and marks her only concert performance this year, after her Lover Fest tour was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.”
“While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance, and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC,” added Eric Avram,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
You no longer have to wait until 2021 to see Taylor Swift on tour. ABC announced on Friday that it will air City of Lover Concert, a new special from the 10-time Grammy Award winner on Sunday, May 17 (at 10/9c), following the Season 18 finale of American Idol. It will then be made available the following day on demand, Hulu and Disney+.
The hour-long special was filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France, and features songs from her seventh studio album “Lover,” which was released last August and has spawned multiple hit singles, including “The Man,” “Me!,” “You Need to Calm Down” and,...
The hour-long special was filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France, and features songs from her seventh studio album “Lover,” which was released last August and has spawned multiple hit singles, including “The Man,” “Me!,” “You Need to Calm Down” and,...
- 5/8/2020
- TVLine.com
Swifties behold, ABC is planning to show unseen footage from Taylor Swift’s City Of Lover Concert in Paris, France, last September.
The special, Taylor Swift City Of Lover Concert, will premiere straight after the American Idol final on Sunday, May 17, at 10Pm Edt. It will then be made available on Hulu and Disney+.
The event features Swift performing songs from her Lover album to an audience at the L’Olympia Theater in Paris. It also will also give fans access to behind-the-scenes moments.
Eric Avram, vice president of talent and booking at ABC Entertainment, said: “While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance, and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC.”...
The special, Taylor Swift City Of Lover Concert, will premiere straight after the American Idol final on Sunday, May 17, at 10Pm Edt. It will then be made available on Hulu and Disney+.
The event features Swift performing songs from her Lover album to an audience at the L’Olympia Theater in Paris. It also will also give fans access to behind-the-scenes moments.
Eric Avram, vice president of talent and booking at ABC Entertainment, said: “While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance, and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC.”...
- 5/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Taylor Swift only got one full headlining show in to promote her “Lover” album before the coronavirus pandemic came down, causing all the stadium shows she had planned for this year to be pushed at least into 2021. Fortunately for fans, that lone gig was filmed for posterity, and ABC will air portions of it this month as an hour-long special, the network announced Friday.
“Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert,” which will air May 17 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt, was shot September 9, 2019 at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, a historic hall with a capacity of about 2000. The show was billed as a chance for contest winners from 37 countries to be flown in to see Swift offer live premieres of songs from the “Lover” album, which at that time was only two weeks old.
The special will immediately follow the season finale of “American Idol” and be made available the following day on demand,...
“Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert,” which will air May 17 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt, was shot September 9, 2019 at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, a historic hall with a capacity of about 2000. The show was billed as a chance for contest winners from 37 countries to be flown in to see Swift offer live premieres of songs from the “Lover” album, which at that time was only two weeks old.
The special will immediately follow the season finale of “American Idol” and be made available the following day on demand,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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