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ABC News Digital is undergoing the final alterations to its wardrobe of Royal Wedding coverage, which will include an exclusive digital-only show with Yahoo!, a Twitter feed, coverage on Facebook, and an enhanced video eBook.

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ABC News senior vice president of digital Paul Slavin sent the following email to his staff commending them on their efforts in covering Friday’s earthquake in Japan and Pacific tsunami, noting that the site streamed more video Friday than on any other day in its history:

Although the tragedy in Japan is still unfolding, we are proud to report that Friday, March 11, was the largest single-day consumption of video in the history of ABCNews.com.

Divisionwide coverage contributed to nearly 4 million video starts on the site, exceeding notable events including the 2009 inauguration, the 2008 election, and Michael Jackson’s memorial, among others.

Also of note, ABC News Digital ranked No. 8 in Nielsen in February, marking the 22nd consecutive month we have been in the top 10 news websites in the country. Our average rank over that period has been No. 8, and prior to that, we were consistently 14th.

With continued excellence in breaking news coverage, consistent technical improvements, and redoubling our commitment to essentials such as SEO, we are confident that the future will bring even more success.

The hiring binge continues at The Newsweek/Daily Beast Co. LLC, as ABC News World News with Diane Sawyer producer Susie Banikarim was named executive producer of video for The Daily Beast and Newsweek.

REVISED at 12:20 p.m. ET: She will join a familiar face at NewsBeast: vice president Kathy O’Hearn, who came on board in December after serving as executive producer of CNN’s Campbell Brown and Amanpour. Prior to CNN, O’Hearn was the executive producer of ABC News’ This Week.

And the Oscar for best stickers created for the 83^rd Annual Academy Awards goes to … GetGlue! The entertainment-based social network teamed up with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for Sunday night’s telecast on ABC (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT), and GetGlue users who check in can receive special Oscars stickers.

GetGlue is also tied in with ABC’s Oscars Red Carpet Live, which airs one hour before the awards ceremony, and with the network’s Jimmy Kimmel Live post-Oscars show.

ABC World News with Diane Sawyer launched an online interactive component as a companion to the “Made in America” series that will air on the newscast next week: an interactive map of the United States that features products made in the country, along with company recommendations.

Made in America features a family’s attempt to furnish three rooms or their home solely with products that are made in the United States. ABC News said nearly 60 percent of Americans’ purchases originate from overseas, compared with just 8 percent in 1960.

Arianna Huffington will be part of a roundtable discussion on Sunday’s installment of ABC News’ This Week with Christiane Amanpour.

The subject is the Egyptian revolution, the role of social media, and what Egypt means for the rest of the Middle East, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if a certain transaction found its way into the discussion.

The other seats at the roundtable will be filled by Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institution, ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, and ABC News’ George Will.

iPad users can check themselves into Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital with the new Grey’s Anatomy Sync app from Disney/ABC Television Group and Nielsen.

The app is based on standout ABC series Grey’s Anatomy and powered by Nielsen’s Media-Sync Platform, as was a similar app released in September for fellow ABC series My Generation, which lasted just two episodes.

Beginning with this Thursday’s episode, users will be able to access exclusive companion content including polls, trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, production details, character bios, video, and photo galleries, as well as having the ability to “check-in” to virtual environments within episodes, such as riding an elevator with Dr. McDreamy. Experiences can be shared with friends and other fans via Facebook.

Interactivity with ads from presenting sponsor Lexus is also included, via trivia and links directly to the automaker’s Web site.

The Alphabet Network has a new digital chief, as Disney/ABC Television Group announced the addition of former Comcast Interactive Media senior vice president, online media Karin Gilford as senior VP, digital media, ABC Television Network.

Gilford will be tasked with overseeing ABC’s digital-media, mobile, and interactive-television initiatives.

At CIM, she was responsible for the growth and management of portal site Comcast.net and entertainment destination Fancast. Prior to Comcast, she spent eight years at Yahoo!.

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In conjunction with Facebook, ABC News produced a special this morning on the tragedy in Tucson. The 15-minute report streamed live on ABCNews.com at 11amET and was anchored by Christiane Amanpour and Dan Harris in Tucson. Another special will stream tonight at 7pmET anchored by David Muir, following “World News.” Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook took part in this morning’s stream and talked about how the shootings are playing on Facebook. Harris also asked her how sites like Facebook often host some of the hatred and rhetoric which is at the center of the discussion today.

ABC News will launch dedicated Web site SaveOne.net Friday, Dec. 17, in conjunction with a special edition of 20/20, Be the Change: Save a Life, focused on the health conditions the poorest people on the planet deal with and innovations that may help them.

SaveOne.net will serve as a clearinghouse for global health information and allow viewers to get involved, also offering unique content from ABC News reporters around the globe as they report through the year.

Be the Change: Save a Life, anchored by Diane Sawyer and airing at 10 p.m. ET Dec. 17, will feature: Sawyer comparing maternity wards in Brooklyn and Afghanistan; Elizabeth Vargas reporting from India; Dr. Richard Besser returning to Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he worked 20 years ago; Chris Cuomo looking for clean water in the jungles of the Central African Republic; Christiane Amanpour reporting from remote villages of Guatemala and Niger, Africa; Deborah Roberts visiting the Kingdom in the Sky; Dan Harris examining tuberculosis in Cambodia; and Jay Schadler and a team of camels making up a medical camel caravan trekking through the nomadic Samburu region of Kenya.