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Disney cuts ABC & Freeform execs as largest wave of lay-offs hits Mouse House
ABC and Freeform execs are among the casualties of Disney’s second round of lay-offs taking…
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Disney cuts Hulu & Freeform execs as production operations merged & creative acquisitions unit closed
Disney has begun laying off staff as part of its “strategic realignment”, with production operations…
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Disney TV rejig hands John Landgraf Nat Geo & Onyx Collective, while Simran Sethi adds Freeform
Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden is reshuffling the TV division, with expanded roles for FX…
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Disney+’s ‘Andor’ gets limited showing on network TV & Hulu
Disney is bringing the first two episodes of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor to…
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Disney’s Freeform opens US ‘The Office’ in the New Year
Disney-owned network Freeform has acquired non-exclusive rights to all nine seasons of the US version…
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Freeform’s VP of programming & development joins ‘Shrill’ prodco Brownstone
Freeform’s VP of programming & development Krissy Wall has left the Disney-owned US cablenet to…
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Freeform rehires The CW’s Julie Jarmon to head scripted development
Veteran exec Julie Jarmon has returned to Disney-owned US network Freeform as SVP of development….
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Disney launches Hulu-based content brand for creators of colour
Disney General Entertainment (DGE) has unveiled Onyx Collective, a new content brand on streaming service…
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Lynn Barrie exits US cablenet Freeform
Lynn Barrie, SVP of original programming and development at Freeform, is exiting the Disney-owned US…
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Amazon takes first-window rights to Freeform thriller ‘Cruel Summer’
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive first window worldwide rights (excluding the United States, Canada…