Kevin Newman Biography
Kevin Newman is a journalist and news anchor from Canada. He was the chief anchor and executive editor of Global National from 2001 to 2010. In August 2014, he joined CTV National News as a substitute anchor alongside Lisa LaFlamme, and in September 2016, he was named host and managing editor of the weekly investigative program W5.
Kevin Newman Age
Newman is 62 years old as of 2 June 2021. He was born in 1959 in Toronto, Canada.
Kevin Newman Height
Newman stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Kevin Newman Family
Newman has not shared any information regarding his loving parents, in 2022. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more intel from our trusted sources of information as quickly as possible.
Kevin Newman Wife
Newman is married to Cathy Kearns, and the couple has two children: Alex, a son, and Erica, a daughter. All Out: A Father and Son Confront the Hard Truths That Made Them Better Men, a co-written memoir of their relationship before and after Alex came out as gay at the age of 17, was published in 2015 by Newman and his son Alex.
Kevin Newman Salary
Newman has been very secretive with his annual pay scale as of now, 2021. However, there is no doubt that he has been accustomed to good pay in terms of salary as he has been able to work with profound films. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same from our trusted sources.
Kevin Newman Net Worth
Newman has also not declared his net worth to the public as of now. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that he has been able to accumulate a good figure in terms of his net worth throughout his career in the film industry. However, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same.
Kevin Newman Career
He began his broadcasting career at CHRW radio in London, Ontario, where he was the first news director and worked on Western Mustangs football broadcasts as the University of Western Ontario’s campus station was formally established. In 1981, he got his first job as a reporter for Global Ontario after graduating. He joined CTV as a parliamentary correspondent in 1986, and in 1988 he joined CBC Television as a reporter and anchor, hosting Midday from 1992 to 1994. He also worked as a fill-in anchor on The National.
Newman moved to ABC News in the United States in 1994, where he hosted ABC World News Now until 1996. He also served as an anchor for ABC World News This Morning and as a correspondent for World News Tonight. Following the departure of Elizabeth Vargas, ABC News appointed Newman as Good Morning America’s newsreader in June 1997. He was named co-anchor of Good Morning America with Lisa McRee in May 1998. The show’s ratings continued to suffer, and both McRee and Newman were reassigned to other reporting duties within ABC in January 1999, with Newman becoming a correspondent for Nightline and a substitute anchor for Peter Jennings and Carole Simpson on both the weeknight and Sunday editions of World News Tonight. Newman anchors breaking news coverage of Diana, Princess of Wales’s death.
Global Television launched Global National with Kevin Newman as its first anchor and executive editor in 2001. In 2005 and 2006, Newman won the Gemini Award for Best News Anchor. In 2007, Newman, along with Kenton Boston, Doriana Temolo, Marc Riddell, and Jason Keel from Global National, won the Gemini Award for Best Newscast. NewMan Media Ltd. was founded by Newman.
Newman announced his resignation from Global Television in April 2010, effective August 30, 2010. On July 13, 2010, Dawna Friesen was named as his successor, and she made her on-air debut on September 20, 2010. Newman was appointed to the board of directors of Communitech, an organization that represents technology companies in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in 2011. CTV News announced in August 2012 that Newman would become the host of Question Period and a regular contributor to its investigative series W5. Newman also works for Bell Media as a ‘Digital News Evangelist.’
CTV News announced in August 2013 that Newman would host a new prime time show on CTV News Channel called Kevin Newman Live, which would premiere on November 18, 2013. Seven months later, the show was canceled. Newman joined CTV National News as a fill-in anchor in late 2014, and in September 2016 was named host and managing editor of the weekly investigative program W5. Newman retired from network television in September 2019 and now runs his own company, Kevin Newman Ideas, which produces TV shows, specials, and documentaries.
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