LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour was named on Thursday to anchor the ABC News' Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, after 27 years as an international correspondent for CNN. Amanpour, 52, was hired to replace George Stephanopoulos, the former White House aide who became the new anchor of ABC's weekday breakfast-hour show "Good Morning America ...

Christiane Amanpour, who become the face of CNN television for millions during 20 years covering wars and interviewing world leaders, is leaving for the ABC network, CNN and ABC said Thursday. ABC News president David Westin said that starting in August, Amanpour would become the anchor of ABC's Sunday morning political talk show "This Week." "She brings to her ...

Amazon released a free program on Thursday that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple's Mac computers and said they will also be available on the upcoming iPad. Amazon, in a statement, said the "Kindle for Mac" application can be downloaded in more than 100 countries from amazon.com/kindleformac. Mac computers are the latest device to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it released an application to allow its Kindle e-books to be read on Apple Inc Mac computers. Amazon, maker of the popular Kindle e-reader, is trying to cement its leading position as the top maker of e-readers -- and distributor of e-books -- by making content available on other devices. The ...