ABC names ‘World News Tonight’ producer as new president of ABC News: ‘surprise choice’

ABC has promoted the executive producer of top-ranked “World News Tonight with David Muir” as the new president of the news division — a “surprise choice” that ended a three-month stretch of the network going without a leader. Almin Karamehmedovic replaces embattled ABC News president Kim Godwin, who stepped down in May amid a series...