Disney TV Fires Another Top Person

[Joe Hass]

It's beginning to seem like Disney is a massive poop-storm right about now.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-ousts-top-tv-executive-peter-rice-11654790861?st=wfl2by5xskm12oh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

(This should be accessible to all. Please don't get me on the bad side of News Corp.)

[Bob Jersey]

If you quickly click the "stop loading page" key on most browsers (usually looks like an X), you're OK.     B

Joe Hass, June 9th:

[PGage]

Matt Belloni at Puck News framed this as a hit on a rival by an insecure CEO, and as a sign that content is taking a backseat at the new Disney, run by the guy from the Amusement Parks division, not the creative side.

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[Bob Jersey]

OTOH, Nellie Andreeva at Deadline framed it as "maybe Dana Walden [who was the beneficiary here, as none of us noted] getting this position means we're closer than ever to a female CEO at Disney."

https://deadline.com/2022/06/disney-dana-walden-ceo-future-1235042393/ (link)     B

PGage, to Joe Hass, June 10th:

Matt Belloni at Puck News framed this as a hit on a rival by an insecure CEO, and as a sign that content is taking a backseat at the new Disney, run by the guy from the Amusement Parks division, not the creative side.

[Bob Jersey]

And, one of Walden's first good things in the new job is welcoming Warren Littlefield ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Fargo," "Dopesick") into the fold for an overall deal at 20th TV and ABC Signature lasting through 2026...

https://deadline.com/2022/06/warren-littlefield-deal-20th-tv-abc-signature-1235041258/ (link)     B

Moi, June 10th: