{"id":5082,"date":"2013-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/07\/23\/al-jazeera-america-taps-abc-veteran-as-president\/"},"modified":"2013-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T00:00:00","slug":"al-jazeera-america-taps-abc-veteran-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/al-jazeera-america-taps-abc-veteran-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera America Taps ABC Veteran as President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: Kate O&#8217;Brian, a 30-year veteran of ABC, has been appointed president of Al Jazeera America, while Ehab Al Shihabi, Al Jazeera&#8217;s executive director for international operations, has been named as an interim CEO.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">O&#8217;Brian had been serving as the senior VP of ABC News. She will now be based at Al Jazeera America&#8217;s New York City headquarters, taking on full responsibility for the editorial strategy and operations across the network. Al Shihabi, who has been with Al Jazeera for five years, is to serve as interim CEO. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Additionally, David Doss has been named senior VP for news programming. Marcy McGinnis joins as senior VP of news-gathering. Shannon High-Bassalik will serve as the senior VP&nbsp;of documentaries and programs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Al Jazeera America is set to launch on August 20. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Kate O&#8217;Brian, a 30-year veteran of ABC, has been appointed president of Al Jazeera America, while Ehab Al Shihabi, Al Jazeera&#8217;s executive director for international operations, has been named as an interim CEO. O&#8217;Brian had been serving as the senior VP of ABC News. 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