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Mimi Gurbst is an important and controversial figure in the history of ABC News. She has served as the head of news coverage and a top producer wielding enormous influence within the network's news division. In the wake of the massive job cuts announced at ABC News a significant controversy erupted online after it was announced that Gurbst was leaving the network to become a High School guidance counselor. <ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/mimi_gurbst_career_counselor_or_cruella_deville__161629.asp</ref> A story in the New York Observer reported that Ms. Gurbst was a 'cherished" mentor inside the news division. <ref>http://www.observer.com/2010/media/top-abc-news-producer-leaving-network-become-high-school-guidance-counselor-0</ref> Reporters who closely follow TV News observed that a large number of current and former ABC News staffers went online to vigorously report that Ms. Gurbst had helped perpetuate a negative culture with ABC News that led to the job cuts. <ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/co-workers-bid-outgoing-abc-news-producer-adieu-with-barrage-of-hateful-anonymous-comments.html</ref> <ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/for_departing_abc_news_exec_where_the_story_ends_commentary_begins_161595.asp</ref> |
'''Mimi Gurbst''' is an important and controversial figure in the history of ABC News. She has served as the head of news coverage and a top producer wielding enormous influence within the network's news division. In the wake of the massive job cuts announced at ABC News a significant controversy erupted online after it was announced that Gurbst was leaving the network to become a High School guidance counselor. <ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/mimi_gurbst_career_counselor_or_cruella_deville__161629.asp</ref> A story in the New York Observer reported that Ms. Gurbst was a 'cherished" mentor inside the news division. <ref>http://www.observer.com/2010/media/top-abc-news-producer-leaving-network-become-high-school-guidance-counselor-0</ref> Reporters who closely follow TV News observed that a large number of current and former ABC News staffers went online to vigorously report that Ms. Gurbst had helped perpetuate a negative culture with ABC News that led to the job cuts. <ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/co-workers-bid-outgoing-abc-news-producer-adieu-with-barrage-of-hateful-anonymous-comments.html</ref> <ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/for_departing_abc_news_exec_where_the_story_ends_commentary_begins_161595.asp</ref> |
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Mimi Gurbst is an important and controversial figure in the history of ABC News. She has served as the head of news coverage and a top producer wielding enormous influence within the network's news division. In the wake of the massive job cuts announced at ABC News a significant controversy erupted online after it was announced that Gurbst was leaving the network to become a High School guidance counselor. [1] A story in the New York Observer reported that Ms. Gurbst was a 'cherished" mentor inside the news division. [2] Reporters who closely follow TV News observed that a large number of current and former ABC News staffers went online to vigorously report that Ms. Gurbst had helped perpetuate a negative culture with ABC News that led to the job cuts. [3] [4]
- ^ http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/mimi_gurbst_career_counselor_or_cruella_deville__161629.asp
- ^ http://www.observer.com/2010/media/top-abc-news-producer-leaving-network-become-high-school-guidance-counselor-0
- ^ http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/co-workers-bid-outgoing-abc-news-producer-adieu-with-barrage-of-hateful-anonymous-comments.html
- ^ http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/for_departing_abc_news_exec_where_the_story_ends_commentary_begins_161595.asp