{"id":2334540,"date":"2026-03-18T08:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334540"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:54:06","slug":"several-execs-take-up-new-roles-as-dana-walden-cements-disney-entertainments-top-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/several-execs-take-up-new-roles-as-dana-walden-cements-disney-entertainments-top-team-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Several execs take up new roles as Dana Walden cements Disney Entertainment&#8217;s top team\u00a0 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dana Walden has set the leadership structure for Disney Entertainment as she prepares to step into the role of president and\u00a0chief\u00a0creative officer at The Walt Disney Company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_755485\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/div>\n<p>The new structure\u00a0places Disney\u2019s film, television,\u00a0streaming\u00a0and games businesses\u00a0under Walden\u2019s purview, with top executives taking on expanded roles within a \u201cunified\u201d content approach.<\/p>\n<p>Walden\u2019s senior leadership team includes Debra OConnell, who has been named\u00a0chair\u00a0of Disney Entertainment Television, a newly created post with\u00a0oversight of all Disney\u2019s TV brands including ABC Entertainment, Disney Branded Television, Hulu Originals, National Geographic\u2019s content and the creative for 20th Television and 20th Television Animation. With her promotion, OConnell will continue to oversee ABC News and ABC-owned TV stations.<\/p>\n<p>In his role as\u00a0chair\u00a0Disney Entertainment, Studios, Alan Bergman will continue to lead the production,\u00a0marketing\u00a0and distribution of the Mouse House\u2019s film studios. In addition, he will continue to jointly oversee the direct-to-consumer (D2C) division with Walden.\u00a0Bergman takes up the new role after previously serving as co-chairman of Disney Entertainment with Walden.<\/p>\n<p>Within the D2C division, Joe Earley and Adam Smith have been named co-presidents, responsible for strategy and\u00a0\u201cfinancial performance\u201d across streamers Disney+ and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p>In his new capacity,\u00a0Earley, who was previously Disney Entertainment\u2019s president of D2C, will\u00a0also\u00a0serve as head of content strategy for D2C. Smith, meanwhile, will continue\u00a0with his\u00a0previous\u00a0role as\u00a0chief product and technology officer for both Disney Entertainment and\u00a0sports brand\u00a0ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>John Landgraf\u00a0remains\u00a0chair\u00a0of FX, reporting directly to Walden, while Asad Ayaz\u00a0is chief marketing and brand officer and Sean Shoptaw is executive VP of games and digital entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of the new structure comes with Walden,\u00a0who had been in contention to succeed Bob Iger as CEO,\u00a0set to assume the president and chief creative officer\u00a0on March 18.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks ago, Disney revealed that Josh\u00a0D\u2019Amaro, head of its parks and experiences division, would\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c21media.net\/news\/josh-damaro-to-succeed-bob-iger-as-disney-ceo-dana-walden-named-president\/\">take up the CEO position<\/a>\u00a0from Iger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strength of Disney has always been the emotional connection between our stories and the people who love them,\u201d said Walden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs fans engage with Disney across more formats and platforms than ever before, we are bringing together the full power of our creative businesses to build an even more connected experience for audiences.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0very fortunate\u00a0to work alongside such a passionate and talented group of leaders who are driven by the joy of storytelling, and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0especially excited to work with our new CEO Josh\u00a0D\u2019Amaro\u00a0as we enter this next chapter together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.c21media.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Walden has set the leadership structure for Disney Entertainment as she prepares to step into the role of president and\u00a0chief\u00a0creative officer at The Walt Disney Company. 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