Tag: Dana Walden
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Disney Releases More Details on Restructuring Including Creative Control and Accountability
One day after announcing its restructuring, The Walt Disney Company is sharing more information about how that will exactly be implemented. In a lengthy release, Disney shared what the individual segments will be and who will be leading them. There are also biographies about the new heads of the segments. Along with restructuring the company,…
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The Walt Disney Company Restructured Once Again Under CEO Bob Iger
The Walt Disney Company has been restructured once again under the leadership of CEO Bob Iger. Iger shared the new plan that is effective immediately on an earnings call, the first since his return to the role of CEO. The announcement of the new structure came as no surprise. It has been in the works…
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Seth MacFarlane Explains Name Change for The Orville
Fans of The Orville may have noticed that it got a bit of a name change when it returned this season. Now on Hulu, the show is called The Orville: New Horizons. This also comes as the show now is under Disney ownership after it acquired 21st Century Fox. The new name is something that…
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Dana Walden Shares Thoughts for the Future and Thanks for Opportunities in Letter to Team
Dana Walden, the Disney General Entertainment Content wrote a letter to her team that shared her vision for the future and thanks for what has brought her to where she is at today. In the letter, she shared that Disney General Entertainment Content will be a place for both creativity and inclusion. She also said…
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Disney Replaces Peter Rice with Dana Walden as Chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content
Just hours after news broke that Peter Rice was no longer the Chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney officially announced his replacement. Dana Walden was announced today as the new Chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content. The announcement was made by Disney CEO Bob Chapek. In her new role, she will oversee the content…
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A Chairman No More, Peter Rice Out at Disney
Peter Rice, the chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content has been fired. Up until this week, he oversaw the development of programming for Disney+, Hulu, and Star, and its cable and broadcast networks. Disney General Entertainment’s portfolio includes 20th Television, ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Signature, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic,…
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The Walt Disney Company Announces New Organizational Structure for its Media Networks Business, Conditional Upon Closing of 21st Century Fox Acquisition
21st Century Fox executives to assume leadership roles at Disney business segment once acquisition closes Peter Rice to become Chairman, Walt Disney Television and Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks Dana Walden to assume new role of Chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment John Landgraf to serve as Chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions Gary E.…