Those unexpected changes in the lives of two up-and-coming stars -- when combined with a drop in the program 's ratings and the looming arrival of Katie Couric at CBS in September -- touched off a series of sometimes tense meetings between ABC News executives in New York and those running its parent company , Walt Disney , in Burbank , Calif. .
Katie Couric
New York
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PERSON
Katie Couric
ORGANIZATION
CBS
ORGANIZATION
ABC News
LOCATION
New York
ORGANIZATION
Walt Disney
LOCATION
Burbank