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Disney Puts Hulu Executive in Charge of ABC Entertainment
- Media giant is restructuring with focus on video streaming
- Changes come in advance of Dec. 10 investor day presentation
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Walt Disney Co. named a new executive to oversee programming at ABC and eliminated one of its three TV studios as part of a push to streamline and focus on online video.
Craig Erwich, who has headed original productions at Hulu, will also be given the title of president of entertainment at ABC, Disney said on Tuesday. In his six years at Hulu, Erwich helped create hits such as “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Little Fires Everywhere.”