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ABC’s Sam Donaldson Retires

SDonaldson_2.16.jpgThe Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reveals Sam Donaldson is retiring from full time work at ABC News. Donaldson worked at ABC for 41 years, as White House Correspondent, co-anchor of “This Week” and the ABC newsmagazine “Primetime Live.”

But Donaldson went the way of the Web in recent years, co-hosting “Politics Live” on ABC’s digital and Web channel, “talking to an audience of dozens,” he jokes.

If he were on a “60 Minutes”-type program he might continue, Donaldson says, but he did not ask ABC executives for a new contract when the old one expired after the 2008 campaign.”

Donaldson will continue to appear occasionally on This Week.

The WebTicker: NBA, ABC, NYTimes…

> NBA Digital is hoping to score with NBA.com’s All-Star Scene. The site features four video channels related to All Star Weekend, a four-day event beginning Thursday. Fans can also upload their own photos as well as record a video at NBA Jam Session. The four video channels will showcase players, celebrities, VIPs, and fans.

> ABC News Digital will live stream ABC News NOW’s coverage of Pres. Obama’s press conference tonight from 7:45-9:15pmET. The player will be embedded on the hompage of ABCNews.com ABC’s Sam Donaldson and Rick Klein, senior political reporter and author of “The Note,” will anchor.

> Tomorrow night in New York, David Rummel, Senior Producer of News & Documentary at NYTimes.com, and Rob Harris, a New York Times video journalist, will discuss what makes a strong video story for the Web and what qualities the NYTimes is looking for in its video journalists. Click here if you’d like to attend the program.

All Day Donaldson on ABC News NOW

ABCNews_1.15.gifAs part of ABC’s Presidential Inauguration coverage, ABC News Digital will live stream the oath of office and Pres. Obama’s inaugural address. This is the first time ABCNews.com has live streamed an event on their homepage and it will be in 16 x 9 widescreen. Oh, and it’s sponsored by Audi.

The live stream will run from 11:30amET to approximately 1:30pmET at ABCNews.com.

But that’s not all ABC Digital has planned. Sam Donaldson‘s going to have a very long day… more after the jump

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