Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMichael Corn, the former top producer of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” has joined Nexstar Media Group’s “NewsNation” as president of news, the latest attempt by Nexstar to boost a programming initiative that has faced tremendous headwinds.Corn will oversee NewsNation’s current news programming and new efforts as well.
The company recently indicated it would launch a morning program in addition to the evening hours it currently maintains. NewsNation takes up a good chunk of the schedule on the cable outlet once known as WGN America.
Nexstar, one of the nation’s largest owners of TV stations, is betting it can operate news programing based on the efforts of its local stations and make a better profit than it.
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