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- ↑ "Gabby Lopez steps down as ABS-CBN chairman". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ↑ "Gabby Lopez elected ABS-CBN chairman emeritus". Rappler. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN elects Gabby Lopez as chairman emeritus, Mark Lopez as chairman". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- 1 2 ABS-CBN. "ABS-CBN Corporate". ABS-CBN Corporate. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ↑ Gloria, Mira (2018-04-19). "Gabby Lopez steps down as ABS-CBN chairman". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ↑ Camus, Miguel R. "Gabby Lopez steps down; cousin Mark taking over" . Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ↑ Loyola, James (October 2, 2020). "Changing of the guards at Lopez Holdings, Oscar and Gabby Lopez resigned". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 2, 2020.