ben. [applause] is -- theond speeder speaker is dan sherwood.oversees abc news has radio, online, and satellite services and he began his career while still a student at harvard college. in 1984 during a year off from college, he worked for the news and observer in raleigh. hoss -- theles time los angeles times's paris bureau. career his journalistic in earnest when he joined abc news in 1989. serving as an investigative associate producer and producer for abc news's prime live. after a brief stint at that network with the peacock he as executive004 producer of good morning america. it was not long thereafter that he was named president of abc's entire news division. abc news has been anything but complacent. last year it launched a content partnership with yahoo! to create the number one news information network online. reaching nearly 100 million and serving up to half a billion 80 euros a month. abc news and univision launched fusion. i think it has been launched just recently. they stole one of my favorite and thato run it assures them of go

with abc news president ben sherwood and the chair of hearst television. a talk for one hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you, david. thank you, susan. this has been a delightful day. this is the second time i have been on campus. i am always impressed when i am here. white harbor has been my friend for 25 years or so, when wade says that i need you, i will go wherever that goes. he has been my most trusted business advisor, i have a high appreciation for him, this has been on his mind for years. we have talked about this. i smoke a cigar, wade bears with that and tells me about his vision. i am delighted to be here. i also want to shout out to hank price. hank is my colleagues who runs w x i i over in winston-salem, station we are very proud of. hank is one of our great leaders and i am glad that he is here. also another person i am glad who is here who wore the hearst jersey for a number of years, he got honest and came to a university for the closing chapter of his great career, he ran the station in pittsburgh for us, an outstanding executive who ma

please join me in welcoming ben sherwood. [applause] >> thank you, professor. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great privilege to be here tonight. deans, professor, we appreciate your warm welcome. wade, sandy, congratulations on this great night. when he calls, we jump on planes. we will fly anywhere. especially to this wonderful institution in chapel hill. i have to say it is extremely humbling to be excited to share a stage, tonight, with my friend. bbn work together a few years ago. david has been a friend and a mentor. usually when we sit next to each other he is in the even more contentious board meetings of the network. sometimes we sit next to each other at a new york rockers basketball game. it is a privilege and honor to be here. thank you, i look forward to our discussion. when i look out at this audience friends. as the professor mentioned, 29 years ago ipaq up my car in massachusetts and drove a beat- up round saab down into north carolina to start was -- what was a formative experience in my journalism career. i began working for "the n

thank you, ben sherwood, for the animated discussion. i have to make a few close in march.i told david i may simply recite a sign of lines of radio and television nude draws -- news broadcasters and sit down. and taking my own idea with some sickness i begin this past weekend to review what is really an astonishingly short history of broadcast news, for whatever it might yield. but first, the first truly national radio broadcast came under 75 years ago in 1938 when the legendary opt out of cbs news created an anchorman's role in radio new york, bringing on the scene live reports in aftermath of the ominous union between expanding nazi germany under relatively helpless austria. at the other end of bob trout's live broadcast from new york were too young legends in training. north carolina born 30 year old edward r. murrow in vienna, 34 year-old william shire in london. soon to join cbs radio team were 26 year-old eric sever right of north carolina and 21 year-old charles collingwood of michigan. the national appetite or their life news broadcast grew steadily during the horro

thank you ben sherwood for this animated discussion. i have to make a few closing remarks. i told david already i thought i may simply recite the sign outlines of radio and television news broadcasters over the last 75 years and sit down. [laughter] and in taking my own idea, i began this past week and to review what is really an astonishingly short history of broadcast news or whatever it might yield. the first truly national radio broadcast came on air 75 views ago in 1938 when the legendary bob trout of cbs news created an anchorman's role in radio new york, bringing on the scene live reports in the aftermath of the ominous union between expanding nazi germany and a relatively helpless austria. at the other end of august routes live broadcast from new york were too young legends -- were two young legends in edward r murrow. soon to join the team were eric separate and gerald collingswood. the national appetite for their live news broadcasts grew steadily during the horrors of world war ii. nothing was really more memorable to many during the war years from media then edw

please join me in welcoming ben sherwood. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great privilege to be here tonight. dean cain, of boger and professor packer, we appreciate your warm welcome. wade, c ante, congratulations on this great night, the inaugural might. as my colleague said we jump on planes, we will fly anywhere and especially for this wonderful institution tv digest have to say that it is extremely humbling to be invited to share the stage tonight with my friend, david barrett. we began to work together a few years ago when i came back to abc news in this role. david has been a friend and mentor. usually when we sit next to each other, it is even in the more contentious board meetings of the abc television network. sometimes we sit next to each other at a new york basketball game. but it is a privilege to be here and an honor. thank you, david plebeian i'm looking forward to our discussion. when i looked out tonight at this audience, i see a bunch of friends because as the professor mengin, 29 years ago, i packed up my car in massachusetts and

have a feeling that there is theing, nothing under circumstances that would please dean king, ben sherwood, or more than saint together in assisted-living from now20-30 years and bragging that we spoke one theing in chapel hill about future of broadcaster was him and, do you know who was in the audience? -- fill in the blank. it was you. youbroadcast future awaits and it will not stop moving and neither should you. that is the way it is. good night and good luck. [applause] a conference call with reporters, kathleen sebelius and onset 2 million americans have signed up for health insurance through federal and state exchanges. here's part of the remarks. >> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us. an early happy new year. as we wish one another a happy and healthy new year, those words of a renewed meaning in 2014. january 1 be a new day in health care for minds of americans. as i travel around the cou all, i have met people from walks of life who have told me about their new rights and benefits and what that means for their family. how long they have been waiting for the opportunity t