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☆ Disney technology executive Aaron LaBerge to leave company for personal reasons
  + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The Walt Disney company logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Dec. 1, 2023. Aaron LaBerge, the chief technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, is leaving the company, according to an internal memo. LaBerge is leaving for personal reasons related to his family and will stay on at Disney until June, the memo said. At ESPN, LaBerge has been a central figure behind the company's streaming services, including ESPN+, the upcoming sports streaming application co-owned by Disney, Warner Bros. They include former CEO Bob Chapek, former head of streaming Kevin Mayer, ex-finance chief Christine McCarthy, former Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn, former Disney general counsel Alan Braverman, ex-head of communications Zenia Mucha, and former president of Walt Disney Pictures, Sean Bailey.
Persons: Aaron LaBerge, LaBerge, He'll, He's, Bob Chapek, Kevin Mayer, Christine McCarthy, Alan Horn, Alan Braverman, Zenia Mucha, Sean Bailey, Aaron, Jimmy Pitaro, Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Chris Lawson, Paul Allen Organizations: Walt Disney, New York Stock Exchange, Disney Entertainment, ESPN, PENN Entertainment, ESPN Bet, Disney, Hulu, Warner Bros . Discovery, Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, ESPN BET, Company, Starwave
☆ Some Disney insiders are questioning the company's appetite for 'rebellious innovation' after layoffs, despite its splashy Apple Vision Pro partnership
  + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Disney's Apple Vision Pro partnership has stoked excitement and concern at the media company. AppleBut an innovation team that worked on Disney's Apple Vision Pro offering is being disbanded, with its founder and leader exiting the company as part of the cuts. Insider spoke to five current and recently exited Disney insiders about hopes and concerns regarding the Vision Pro project and the future of innovation at the company. Disney's Vision Pro partnership was its latest project. A source with knowledge of Disney's Vision Pro work said it's still ongoing and that there are other teams at Disney still working on that project.
Persons: Bob Iger, Iger, Dave Lankford, WWDC, Disney's, Dirk Van Dall, Mike White, it's, Aaron LaBerge, Jeremy Doig, Bob Chapek, DMED Organizations: Apple Vision, Insiders, Disney, DMED, Apple, Apple's Worldwide, Conference, Iger, Vision, Advanced, Netflix, Disney's, Hollywood, ESPN, Marvel, Geographic Locations: verticals
☆ Bob Iger announced exciting plans for Apple's Vision Pro headset, but after wide cuts, some are questioning Disney's appetite for 'rebellious innovation'
  + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Disney's Apple Vision Pro partnership has stoked excitement and concern at the media company. "Mandalorian" footage in the Vision Pro demo. AppleBut an innovation team that worked on Disney's Apple Vision Pro offering is being disbanded, with its founder and leader exiting the company as part of the cuts. Disney's Vision Pro partnership was its latest project. A source with knowledge of Disney's Vision Pro work said it's still ongoing and that there are other teams at Disney still working on that project.
Persons: Bob Iger, Iger, Dave Lankford, WWDC, Disney's, Dirk Van Dall, Mike White, it's, Aaron LaBerge, Jeremy Doig, Bob Chapek, DMED Organizations: Apple Vision, Insiders, Disney, DMED, Apple, Apple's Worldwide, Conference, Iger, Vision, Advanced, Netflix, Disney's, Hollywood, ESPN, Marvel, Geographic Locations: verticals
☆ Leaked memo reveals Disney's new finance structure as more layoffs loom, with a reported 15% of entertainment staffers to be cut
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Disney's chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, named a new finance team pulling together staff from both Disney Entertainment and ESPN. McCarthy shared the details with staff this week, naming Bryan Castellani as the new chief financial officer of Disney Entertainment and ESPN. Under Castellani, Lukas Wickart will continue to oversee finance for direct-to-consumer streaming business Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star. Karen Sack will oversee finance for our entertainment television businesses, including TV studios and ABC News finance, marketing, and networks planning. Jeff Grenn will oversee segment consolidation for Disney Entertainment, and finance in support of Aaron LaBerge's technology organization across Disney Entertainment and ESPN.
☆ CEO Bob Iger's new Disney structure raises succession questions, insiders say, as some top execs depart and others jockey for power
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Claire Atkinson | Lucia Moses | Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a new business structure Wednesday and further details emerged Thursday. ESPN and ESPN+ will form a separate unit, led by Jimmy Pitaro. Hollywood is already busy sharing memes about Bergman and Walden and how they will share and compete for power. As part of the cuts, Iger has directed his reports to lay off 7,000 staffers. A Thursday morning press release outlined all the shared services units that will now come under Bergman, Walden, and Pitaro.
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