ABC Taps Reuters Exec For Digital Post

Erle Norton, editorial director of Reuters Digital Video, will join ABC News, the company announced on Sept. 30.

Norton will serve as executive VP of ABC News Digital, overseeing editorial and video for ABCNews.com.

He also has been tasked to develop lifestyle, tech and enterprise and creating a more consumer friendly mobile and tablet experience for site users.

"Erle is a digital expert with extensive editorial and production experience and I'm confident he will help lead our superb team to the next level," said ABC News President Ben Sherwood.

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.