ABC Names Malhotra EP For Weekend News

Vinnie Malhotra, a senior producer with ABC's Nightline, has been named executive producer for ABC News' weekend news content.

He will oversee weekend content for World New Saturday, World News Sunday and ABC's digital news platforms. He will also be a senior producer on World News With Charles Gibson.

 Malhotra replaces Chris Sheridan, who was named executive producer of ABCNEWS.com.

In a related move David Reiter, who is with ABC's special events unit, will add duties on the Saturday and Sunday broadcasts as senior broadcast producer, replacing Andrew Morse, who was named executive producer of weekend Good Morning America .

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.