Black ABC News staffers confronted Disney boss Bob Iger about ‘unfair treatment’ of Kim Godwin: report
NY Post
Disney CEO Bob Iger got an earful from African American staffers at ABC News over the parent company showing a lack of support for embattled division chief Kim Godwin, according to a report.
During a lunch last February, Iger sought to reassure the black staffers that he and Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden were “invested in her success,” the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, citing people familiar with the matter.
Godwin — who was the first black person to run a network news division when she got the top job three years ago — had attended the lunch, according to the outlet.
A year later, she was effectively demoted after Disney announced a major restructuring last week.
Godwin’s supporters told the Journal that since the former CBS executive was tapped to run ABC News, she has been undermined and second-guessed by veteran staffers at the unit.
She also has come under fire from some staffers over her lack of day-to-day engagement, as The Post previously reported.
