NEW YORK -- Barbara Walters says she will step down this fall as host of the ABC newsmagazine "20/20."
Walters -- who is 74 -- has been with the program for 25 years.
She will stay on as executive producer and co-host of the daytime talk show "The View."
A statement released by ABC quotes her as saying the changes will give her life more flexibility.
Walters had told The New York Times that she's become uncomfortable with the pressure to find interview subjects appealing to young people who are less interested in news.
Among Walters' major "20/20" interview subjects were Cuban President Fidel Castro and Monica Lewinsky.
http://www.nbc4.com/entertainment/2792309/detail.html
Walters -- who is 74 -- has been with the program for 25 years.
She will stay on as executive producer and co-host of the daytime talk show "The View."
A statement released by ABC quotes her as saying the changes will give her life more flexibility.
Walters had told The New York Times that she's become uncomfortable with the pressure to find interview subjects appealing to young people who are less interested in news.
Among Walters' major "20/20" interview subjects were Cuban President Fidel Castro and Monica Lewinsky.
http://www.nbc4.com/entertainment/2792309/detail.html
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