It’s official: Kim Godwin named president of ABC News

Kim Godwin, a longtime producer and executive at CBS News, has grabbed the top job at ABC News.

The history-making hire, which leaked out last week, sets up Godwin as the first black woman to lead a broadcast news division. The exec, who was second in command as executive vice president of CBS’s news division, succeeds James Goldston, who stepped down as president of ABC News earlier this year. Godwin will start her new gig at the Disney-owned network in May and report to Peter Rice, the chairman of Disney general entertainment content.