ABC News courting video iPod generation

As the news networks come to grips with the digital revolution, ABC News is merging the old and new world every day with an original newscast whose primary audience have video iPods.

Each of the networks has carved out a news presence on the Web. NBC News was the first among the Big Three, putting "NBC Nightly News" onto the Web and recently adding the "Early Nightly" video blog. "CBS Evening News" is simulcast on the Web.

But only ABC News creates a 15-minute daily newscast, separate from "ABC World News" though often using the same anchor, Charles Gibson. "World News Webcast" airs live at 3 p.m. ET on www.ABCNews.com and the ABC News Now digital channel. It's available for downloading on iTunes a little more than an hour later and it's popular: In September, there were 5.2 million downloads via ABCNews.com and iTunes, according to ABC. So far this month, there's been 5.2 million.
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