Disney's streaming chief to exit under company revamp

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Michael Paull, the head of Walt Disney Co's streaming entertainment unit, is leaving the company after six years under an ongoing restructuring by Chief Executive Bob Iger, a Disney statement said on Wednesday.

A portion of the signage at the main gate of The Walt Disney Co. is pictured in Burbank, California May 7, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouserstreaming entertainment unit, is leaving the company after six years under an ongoing restructuring by Chief Executive Bob Iger, a Disney statement said on Wednesday.

Joe Earley, the current president of Hulu, will take over as president of streaming for Disney Entertainment, the company said. Earley will remain president of Hulu until a successor is named.and promised to cut $5.5 billion in costs to make the company's streaming business profitable. Paull was appointed to run the streaming unit in January 2022 under former Chief Executive Bob Chapek. He is the former CEO of BamTech, a company Disney acquired to power its streaming ambitions.

Earley is a former Fox executive who joined Disney in 2019 and helped launch Disney+, the company's flagship streaming service. In the new role, Earley will work to expand streaming efforts across Disney+ and Hulu, the company said.

 

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Is this the guy who choses the radical leftist / communist programming, designed to radicalize our children?

Can the writers be next?!?! It’s time for a 1/2 decent movie.

Yes. Disney+ can be a content monster if they allow it to be. The amount of movies and tv shows they own is insane and could be housed under one paid streaming service.

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