Veteran journalist Ted Koppel, who built ABC's "Nightline" into an American institution over 25 years, will join the Discovery Channel to make news documentaries, the channel said on Wednesday.

Discovery Communications said Koppel, 65, would be managing editor at the channel and would be joined by longtime executive producer Tom Bettag and eight other former "Nightline" staff.

Koppel's departure from "Nightline" in November after 42 years with ABC News was part of a generational shift in U.S. television news.

Source: Yahoo

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