ABC News Chief Ben Sherwood Says He’s “Open” To Partnering With Bloomberg

ABC News president Ben Sherwood said today he’d consider an agreement that partners ABC News and Bloomberg News, though no such deal’s been struck, according to a report by Bill Carter in The New York Times.

Sherwood, speaking to reporters and critics at a news conference in Pasadena, California, told Carter he had “nothing to report, no news to break” regarding a long-rumored relationship/partnership/merger between Bloomberg and ABC, but he said a deal would make sense:

“Of course. How can you not think about partnering with an organization that has had the success Bloomberg has?”

Media analysts see some sort of partnership as a logical move for ABC, which–unlike NBC News–has no cable news network.

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