BBC Exec to Lead International Coverage for ABC News

Jon Williams joins as managing editor in March

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/24/2013 1:28:07 PM

ABC News has hired BBC veteran executive Jon Williams as its new managing editor for international news. He starts in March and will be based at the news division's New York headquarters.

Williams most recently had been world editor at the BBC since 2006, where he led editorial operations in more than 30 international bureaus. Prior to that, he was UK news editor in charge of domestic coverage and deputy editor of the BBC 6 p.m. news from 2001-03.

Marcus Wilford, who had been leading ABC News' international coverage on an interim basis, will return to London where he will continue to work for the network as a consultant.