Is there a cable news channel in ABC's future? It's starting to look like the Walt Disney (DIS ) unit has designs on joining CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC in the war for news junkies' eyeballs. In July,
ABC quietly launched what it's calling ABC News Now, a 24-hour service that kicked off with coverage of the Democratic National Convention and will run at least through Election Day. Then, according
to Disney President Bob Iger, it will be time to decide if the experiment is to become an ongoing business.
Read the whole story at BusinessWeek, August 13, 2004
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