Julie Townsend is departing ABC News after seven years leading their communications team.
Townsend will take a job outside the media business, but the position has not yet been disclosed. She will be with the network until May 14.
“Julie has been a steadfast and passionate champion of ABC News throughout her time here,” Derek Medina, the executive vice president of the news division, said in an email to staff. “She’s helped launch new programs and strategic initiatives, celebrate every important milestone in the news division and been a trusted advisor to me and so many of us.”
Shannon Ryan, president of marketing at ABC Entertainment & Disney Television Studios, and Charissa Gilmore, vice president of corporate communications for Disney General Entertainment, will help lead the team until a successor is named, Medina said.
Townsend said that she has “accepted an exciting new opportunity outside news to lead global consumer communications at an iconic American company.
Townsend will take a job outside the media business, but the position has not yet been disclosed. She will be with the network until May 14.
“Julie has been a steadfast and passionate champion of ABC News throughout her time here,” Derek Medina, the executive vice president of the news division, said in an email to staff. “She’s helped launch new programs and strategic initiatives, celebrate every important milestone in the news division and been a trusted advisor to me and so many of us.”
Shannon Ryan, president of marketing at ABC Entertainment & Disney Television Studios, and Charissa Gilmore, vice president of corporate communications for Disney General Entertainment, will help lead the team until a successor is named, Medina said.
Townsend said that she has “accepted an exciting new opportunity outside news to lead global consumer communications at an iconic American company.
- 4/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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