JAMES GOLDSTON

Many observers expected the Jan. 6 committee hearings would be nothing more than reruns, but they've proven much more.

Aided by former ABC News chief James Goldston, the committee probing the attack on the Capitol is trying to turn a year-long investigation into must-see TV.

The Jan. 6 congressional hearings are being held with the help of a big-time television producer, and dramatic revelations have been promised.

The Republicans wrote that they are unaware of whether a required letter requesting approval of James Goldston's hiring has been submitted.

ABC has appointed Kim Godwin as its news division president, making her the first Black woman to serve as the top news executive at a network news division.

Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post and one of the nation's top journalists, says he will retire at the end of February. The Los Angeles Times is further along in its search for a successor to Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine. The Washington Post named Krissah Thompson the newspaper's first managing editor for diversity and inclusion. Kevin Merida, a senior vice president at ESPN and former Washington Post editor, is a name on many lists as a potential hire. The news industry's financial troubles over the past two decades has thinned the usual pipeline of leaders, Geisler said.

FILE - ABC News President James Goldston attends the International Women's Media Foundation's 26th Annual Courage in Journalism Awards in New York on Oct. 21, 2015. Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years leading the news division. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK – ABC News President James Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years of leading the news division. The low-profile Goldston leaves at a time ABC's flagship newscasts, “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America," are both leading its rivals in the ratings. Peter Rice, chairman of general entertainment content for ABC parent Walt Disney Co., praised Goldston for his work, particularly during the pandemic and 2020's political upheaval.