A top ABC News figure has parted ways with the company after an internal investigation, according to news reports.
Joshua Hoyos, the ABC New York bureau chief, “abruptly exited the network,” according to Oliver Darcy, who publishes a newsletter about the media.
Hoyos, 32, had been with the company for more than 10 years.
Darcy wrote that the departure followed a human resources department “investigation into his behavior, I’m told.”
At the time of his exit, Hoyos had been suspended by the network, the New York Post reported.
Hoyos “has not publicly responded to inquiries regarding his departure,” according to the Post.
He had held various positions at ABC since he started as an intern on “Good Morning America” in 2012.
His titles included weekend assignment manager and network news assignment manager before he was named New York bureau chief in 2022.
ABC is one of several TV networks that have been suffering financial troubles and declining ratings in recent months.
NewNation’s Paula Froelich reported that ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have all recently announced layoffs “as networks try to retain viewers and fight new media for eyeballs.”
But ABC has been especially hard hit.
Froelich reported that “morale