{"id":2402666,"date":"2025-02-14T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-abc-news-figure-abruptly-exits-the-company-after-hr-starts-investigating\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:45:36","slug":"top-abc-news-figure-abruptly-exits-the-company-after-hr-starts-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-abc-news-figure-abruptly-exits-the-company-after-hr-starts-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ABC News Figure Abruptly Exits the Company After HR Starts Investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-abc-news-figure-abruptly-exits-the-company-after-hr-starts-investigating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ABC News \u2064New York Bureau Chief Joshua Hoyos has left the\u200c network following an internal investigation into his behavior,\u2062 according to reports. Hoyos, who worked at ABC for over\u2064 a \u200cdecade, was reportedly suspended prior to his abrupt departure. His exit comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cracker-barrel-makes-significant-changes-raises-prices-as-chain-takes-huge-financial-blow\/\" title=\"Cracker Barrel Implements Major Changes, Increases Prices Amid Financial Challenges\">amid financial challenges<\/a> and declining ratings for \u200bABC and other\u2064 major networks, which have\u2062 led \u2062to layoffs and low morale among staff. \u200dReports indicate \u2063that some \u2064anchors \u200bare criticized for their high salaries and benefits, notably following a costly defamation settlement related to comments made on &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221; There \u200bhas been \u2062no public comment from\u200c Hoyos regarding\u2064 his departure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A top ABC News figure has parted ways with the company after an internal investigation, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">news reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Hoyos, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abc-staff-horrified-david-muirs-fashion-choice-la-wildfires-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a> New York bureau chief, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antonio-brown-considering-defamation-lawsuit-against-buccaneers-for-spin-that-he-had-a-mental-health-episode\/\" title=\"Antonio Brown Considering ... Against Buccaneers For \u2018Spin That He Had A Mental Health Episode\u2019\">abruptly exited<\/a> the network,&rdquo; according to Oliver Darcy, who publishes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/brendan-carr-fcc-fox-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newsletter<\/a> about the media.<\/p>\n<p>Hoyos, 32, had been with the company for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Darcy wrote that the departure followed a human resources department &ldquo;investigation into his behavior, I&rsquo;m told.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his exit, Hoyos had been suspended by the network, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/13\/media\/abc-news-ny-bureau-chief-joshua-hoyos-exits-after-hr-probe-into-his-behavior-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ABC News NY bureau chief Joshua Hoyos abruptly exits after HR probe into his behavior: report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yu8Kj0xfiI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yu8Kj0xfiI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sGOi2fB9ey\">pic.twitter.com\/sGOi2fB9ey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1890042756677996687?\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hoyos &ldquo;has not publicly responded to inquiries regarding his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-republican-announces-sudden-departure-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">departure<\/a>,&rdquo; according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>He had held various positions at ABC since he started as an intern on &ldquo;Good Morning America&rdquo; in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">titles included weekend assignment manager<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-anchor-will-cain-receives-big-promotion-network-shakes-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">network news<\/a> assignment manager before he was named New York bureau chief in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>ABC is one of several TV networks that have been suffering financial troubles and declining ratings in recent months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/entertainment-news\/gma-hosts-hated-abc-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewNation&rsquo;s<\/a> Paula Froelich reported that ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have all recently announced layoffs &ldquo;as networks try to retain viewers and fight new media for eyeballs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But ABC has been especially hard hit.<\/p>\n<p>Froelich reported that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hegseth-speaks-15-year-military-recruiting-drought-lifted-youth-want-serve-america-first-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">morale<\/a> is down&rdquo; at the network, particularly since they had to write a check for $15 million toward President Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidential library fund &ldquo;to settle a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voting-company-smartmatic-sues-fox-news-others-for-allegedly-running-disinformation-campaign\/\" title=\"Voting Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News, Others For Allegedly Running \u2018Disinformation Campaign\u2019\">defamation lawsuit<\/a> over [&ldquo;Good Morning America&rdquo; host George] Stephanopoulos&rsquo; inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That financial hit resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/air-talent-will-not-spared-cnn-prepares-mass-layoffs-wake-election-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layoffs<\/a>, which, in turn, created resentment, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed source inside the company said Stephanopolous and his two co-hosts, Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan have become &ldquo;literally the most hated people in the building right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People who have contracts coming up are being offered a measly two percent raise &hellip; while ABC pays out a Stephanopolous mistake and keeps the anchor salaries at astronomical numbers,&rdquo; the source told Froelich.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now producers are doing the work of two people&hellip; with one paycheck,&rdquo; the source continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the rest of us suffer, [the GMA anchors] are all so well paid. Two of them [Roberts and Strahan] only work four days a week and have insane vacation days,&rdquo; the source explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like they&rsquo;re still living in 2020 while the rest of us reap the consequences &mdash; and they&rsquo;re not even number one anymore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A rep for ABC News didn&rsquo;t return s for comment,&rdquo; Froelich added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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