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david westin

david westin -lrb- born july 29 , 1952 -rrb- is the principal of witherbee holdings , llc , advising and investing in media companies .
he was the president and ceo of newsright from 2011 to 2012 .
before that , he was president of abc news -lrb- from march 6 , 1997 through december 3 , 2010 -rrb- , responsible for all aspects of abc news ' television broadcasts , including `` world news with diane sawyer '' , `` nightline '' , `` good morning america '' , `` 20/20 '' , `` primetime '' , `` this week with christiane amanpour '' , and `` world news now '' , and abc news radio .
during his tenure , abc news received eleven george foster peabody awards , 13 alfred i dupont awards , four george polk awards , more than 40 news and documentary emmys , and more than 40 edward r. murrow awards .
on september 6 , 2010 , westin announced he would retire from abc , but would remain until the end of the year to give the company time to find a replacement .
one news report said westin was forced out by disney ceo robert iger , but others reported that he had decided to pursue other interests -- with one saying that he `` got to announce his departure on his own terms . ''
