George Stephanopoulos
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 Stephanopoulos in April 2009. |
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| Born | George Robert Stephanopoulos February 10, 1961 Fall River, Massachusetts, United States |
| Ethnicity | Greek |
| Education | Columbia University (B.A.) Balliol College, Oxford University (M.A) |
| Occupation | Television journalist political advisor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Salary | $8 million (per year) [1] |
| Title | Good Morning America Co-Anchor (since 2009) This Week Host (since 2012) ABC News Chief Political Correspondent (since 2005) |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| Spouse | Alexandra Wentworth |
| Children | Elliott Anastasia Stephanopoulos[2] Harper Andrea Stephanopoulos[2] |
| Website | |
| George Stephanopoulos module at Good Morning America | |
George Robert Stephanopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Στεφανόπουλος; born February 10, 1961) is an American television journalist and a former political advisor.
Stephanopoulos is the chief political correspondent for ABC News – the part of the American Broadcasting Company television broadcasting company that deals with news– and a co-anchor of ABC News's morning news program, Good Morning America (GMA). He returned as host of This Week in January 2012,[3] ABC News's Sunday morning news program. He is the main replacement anchor for ABC News's news program, World News with Diane Sawyer.[4]
In recent years, he has co-hosted ABC News's special live coverage of political events with Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. He and has often been on GMA and World News. He launched George's Bottom Line, an ABCNews.com blog.
Before he started working for ABC News, he was a senior political adviser to the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton. He later became the White House Communications Director for two years. He was replaced by David Gergen. This change came after the Republican party getting control of the U.S. House and Senate in the mid-term elections of 1994.
References [change]
- ↑ http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2010/08/11/tv-salaries-how-much-is-your-favorite-star-worth/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Staff writer (undated). "Fr. Robert George Stephanopoulos". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ Stephanopoulos back to replace Amanpour at ABC’s ‘This Week,’ will remain host of ‘GMA’
- ↑ Allen, Mike (October 18, 2009). "George Stephanopoulos Role Grows at ABC". The Politico. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
Further reading [change]
- Clinton, Bill (2005). My Life. Vintage (New York City). ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.
- Stephanopoulos, George (1999). All Too Human – A Political Education. Little, Brown (Boston, Massachusetts). ISBN 9780316929196.
Other websites [change]
- abcnews.com/thisweek, This Week with George Stephanopoulos official website
- blogs.abcnews.com/george, George's Bottom Line, an ABC News blog by Stephanopoulos
- George Stephanopoulos on Twitter
- George Stephanopoulos at the Internet Movie Database
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| Preceded by Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts |
This Week Anchor September 15, 2002 – January 10, 2010 |
Succeeded by Christiane Amanpour |
| Preceded by Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts |
Good Morning America co-anchor with Robin Roberts Since December 14, 2009 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Christiane Amanpour |
This Week Anchor Since January 8, 2012 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
