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   Leroy N. Soetoro to All   
   [Black saturated...] ABC News staffers w   
   04 Dec 24 01:53:25   
   
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   “Good Morning America” has lost its heat figuratively and literally.   
      
   The morning show has reportedly seen a significant dip in the ratings as   
   Disney and ABC migrate from its former NYC headquarters to a new building   
   downtown.   
      
   Some staffers, however, are still forced to work in chilly conditions at   
   its HQ on the Upper West Side, where, “There’s no Wi-Fi, no heat, the   
   antenna ripped off the building over the weekend and they’re not replacing   
   it,” one source griped.   
      
   Another source told Page Six, “the heat is off!” And yet another added,   
   “it smells like crap.”   
      
   ABC has been in an “old and musty building,” as one source described it,   
   since the 1980s.   
      
   Parent company Disney joined when it acquired the news network in 1995.   
      
   The studio sold the complex in 2018 for nearly $1 billion, but remained   
   tenants while staffers prepared for a big shiny move to Hudson Square.   
      
   Allegedly, the new owners are tearing down the old digs and replacing them   
   with high rises, which means, “There’s no incentive for upkeep,” a source   
   previously told us.   
      
   In 2023, we reported about an infestation of mice, and a coterie of fleas,   
   at the building which forced employees to “refrain from working on the 5th   
   floor.”   
      
   They’ve also experienced broken elevators and escalators in their final   
   chapter at the complex. “The building is falling a part. It’s going to get   
   condemned. It’s been a slow burn, and they’re not going to fix anything.   
   It’s getting torn down,” the first source said.   
      
   Meanwhile, the old building’s not the only thing that’s going down.   
      
   ABC’s flagship morning show, “GMA,” has been consistently losing the   
   ratings to NBC rival “Today.”   
      
   Media newsletter Status reported it’s gotten so bad, the show’s exec   
   producer, Simone Swink, even acknowledged there’s work to do in Monday’s   
   morning meeting.   
      
   Status further reported that Disney exec Debra O’Connell, who was tapped   
   to oversee the news division earlier this year, and the network’s new   
   president, Almin Karamehmedovic, “have privately expressed dismay about   
   the lagging ‘GMA’ ratings.”   
      
   Fortunately for Swink, insiders are confident she’s the one to pull them   
   out of their ratings slump.   
      
   “Simone is beloved. She is one of the hardest working people in television   
   and saved [‘GMA’] from hemorrhaging more viewers. There is no one who   
   knows morning television better than her,” an insider said.   
      
   If she can’t figure it out, perhaps the network’s new state of the art   
   downtown headquarters will infuse some new energy.   
      
   We hear “GMA” staffers and the rest of ABC are expected to be fully moved   
   in by February.   
      
   A rep did not comment.   
      
      
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