Two top Walt Disney Co. executives — including the company’s hard-charging, longtime public relations chief Zenia Mucha — will leave the company early next year, marking the latest moves in a broader changing of the guard at the world’s largest entertainment company. Disney did not name replacements for Mucha and Braverman, 73, who joined the company in 1995. Ricky Strauss, a nine-year Disney executive who most recently was head of programming and content curation for Disney’s streaming division, stepped down in January. Meanwhile, the company has been dramatically shifting its business model to focus on streaming, with direct-to-consumer services including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. The entertainment giant later reversed the decision after a social media outcry and what Disney called “productive conversations” with Times leaders.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 13, 2021 21:54 UTC