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Industry: Email Alert RSS Feed'Nightline': exit interviews: Ted Koppel and Tom Bettag ponder the state of TV news.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Interview)
Broadcasting & Cable, November, 2005 by Lasswell, Mark
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger remembers back in the 1970s being impressed with Ted Koppel, then ABC News' chief diplomatic correspondent. "Loffered him a job as my spokesman at the State Department," Kissinger recalls, "which he wisely turned down and went on to higher things." The height of Koppel's accomplishments in a 42-year career at ABC News was anchoring Nightline since its inception 25 years ago. He's giving up the position--and is leaving the network--on Nov. 22, moving on with longtime executive producer Tom Bettag to make documentaries. A trio of co-anchors (Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden and Terry Moran) will host the revamped incarnation of the show.
It's just as well they're starting afresh. Although Nightline was the brainchild...
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