Updated: Day 2 of Disney’s second wave of layoffs has involved staff reduction in first-run syndication, unscripted/alternative as well as marketing and communications.
Disney TV Animation, responsible for 1,200 half-hours of animated content, including Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, is the latest division to be hit as it also merges the current and development teams. This has led to the departure of a number of executives including Khaki Jones, SVP Current, who has been with the company for nearly 13 years, as well as a number of director level roles.
Disney’s first-run syndication operation has been dissolved. Departing as part of that is Brent Jones, director and head of production finance & operations for first-run syndication.
Also leaving are VP Kim Harbin, a respected communications executive who has been at Disney for 25 years, as well as Tom Connor, VP Creative Marketing. Their functions will be absorbed by the marketing...
Disney TV Animation, responsible for 1,200 half-hours of animated content, including Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, is the latest division to be hit as it also merges the current and development teams. This has led to the departure of a number of executives including Khaki Jones, SVP Current, who has been with the company for nearly 13 years, as well as a number of director level roles.
Disney’s first-run syndication operation has been dissolved. Departing as part of that is Brent Jones, director and head of production finance & operations for first-run syndication.
Also leaving are VP Kim Harbin, a respected communications executive who has been at Disney for 25 years, as well as Tom Connor, VP Creative Marketing. Their functions will be absorbed by the marketing...
- 4/26/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“One Burning Question,” hosted by Stacey Wilson Hunt, is Hulu’s first-ever aftershow
“The Handmaid’s Tale” is getting an aftershow for its fourth season, which launches Wednesday, marking the first-ever aftershow for its streaming platform, Hulu, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Titled, “One Burning Question,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” post-show will explore Season 4 of the Emmy-winning drama, with each installment digging deeper into a central theme — or “one burning question” – from each of the season’s 10 episodes.
Hosted by journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt, a new “One Burning Question” will premiere each week with the latest episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 4, with the first three debuting Wednesday as the first three fourth-season episodes premiere and the rest rolling out weekly after that.
Episodes will feature “The Handmaid’s Tale” stars Elisabeth Moss, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd and Max Minghella, along with special guests like “The Bachelorette” alum Rachel Lindsay and comedian Whitney Cummings.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” is getting an aftershow for its fourth season, which launches Wednesday, marking the first-ever aftershow for its streaming platform, Hulu, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Titled, “One Burning Question,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” post-show will explore Season 4 of the Emmy-winning drama, with each installment digging deeper into a central theme — or “one burning question” – from each of the season’s 10 episodes.
Hosted by journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt, a new “One Burning Question” will premiere each week with the latest episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 4, with the first three debuting Wednesday as the first three fourth-season episodes premiere and the rest rolling out weekly after that.
Episodes will feature “The Handmaid’s Tale” stars Elisabeth Moss, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd and Max Minghella, along with special guests like “The Bachelorette” alum Rachel Lindsay and comedian Whitney Cummings.
- 4/27/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Hulu has launched a new creative advertising studio called Greenhouse and hired two senior advertising executives to bolster its commitment to its burgeoning ad business.
Brandon Pierce is joining the Disney-controlled streaming operation as VP, Creative Director and Liz Levy as VP, Head of Creative for Brands. Levy will have direct oversight of the studio, while Pierce will focus on “bringing to life compelling stories around Hulu’s brand and content,” in the words of the official announcement.
While expenses have kept Hulu in the red overall, the 11-year-old company is starting to gain real traction with advertising. At its upfront presentation to media buyers last spring, Hulu said its ad revenue was on track to clear $1.8 billion in 2019, growing to $2.7 billion by 2021. Most of Hulu’s 28 million subscribers (26.8 million of those paid) opt for its basic tier, which has several minutes of ads per hour. The company also operates...
Brandon Pierce is joining the Disney-controlled streaming operation as VP, Creative Director and Liz Levy as VP, Head of Creative for Brands. Levy will have direct oversight of the studio, while Pierce will focus on “bringing to life compelling stories around Hulu’s brand and content,” in the words of the official announcement.
While expenses have kept Hulu in the red overall, the 11-year-old company is starting to gain real traction with advertising. At its upfront presentation to media buyers last spring, Hulu said its ad revenue was on track to clear $1.8 billion in 2019, growing to $2.7 billion by 2021. Most of Hulu’s 28 million subscribers (26.8 million of those paid) opt for its basic tier, which has several minutes of ads per hour. The company also operates...
- 1/13/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has tapped a longtime advertising exec to serve as its new head of creative.
Scott Donaton, who most recently served as chief content and creative officer at Publicis-owned digital ad agency Digitas, will now oversee Hulu’s in-house creative teams that produce brand marketing campaigns across TV, digital, social media, and in-product assets, Variety reports. He will also be charged with developing and executing new opportunities for Hulu’s brand partners, including custom content.
Donaton will report to Hulu Cmo Kelly Campbell, and work closely with Svp and head of ad sales Peter Naylor, Variety reports, based out of the company’s Santa Monica headquarters beginning on Dec. 9. “[Donaton’s] creative instincts and strategic approach will help unify Hulu’s creative capabilities across all of our consumer and brand touchpoints,” Campbell told the outlet in a statement.
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Scott Donaton, who most recently served as chief content and creative officer at Publicis-owned digital ad agency Digitas, will now oversee Hulu’s in-house creative teams that produce brand marketing campaigns across TV, digital, social media, and in-product assets, Variety reports. He will also be charged with developing and executing new opportunities for Hulu’s brand partners, including custom content.
Donaton will report to Hulu Cmo Kelly Campbell, and work closely with Svp and head of ad sales Peter Naylor, Variety reports, based out of the company’s Santa Monica headquarters beginning on Dec. 9. “[Donaton’s] creative instincts and strategic approach will help unify Hulu’s creative capabilities across all of our consumer and brand touchpoints,” Campbell told the outlet in a statement.
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- 10/30/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Scott Donaton, a longtime veteran of ad agency Digitas, has joined Hulu as head of creative, in a role leading teams promoting the Disney-controlled streaming company’s brand.
The move was announced in a press release fairly dripping with the kind of ad-biz jargon that Donaton once sought to filter in a previous career chapter as editor of Advertising Age. It said he will “oversee a full service multi-disciplinary team of experts who conceive, craft and execute creative deliverables across every touch point in the consumer experience.”
Starting his Santa Monica-based position in December, Donaton will also lead Hulu’s co-ordinated efforts with brand partners, reporting to Cmo Kelly Campbell and working closely with ad sales head Peter Naylor.
“Scott Donaton is a visionary whose experience bringing together creative and content practices, coupled with his background in media, makes him the ideal executive for this strategic role at Hulu,...
The move was announced in a press release fairly dripping with the kind of ad-biz jargon that Donaton once sought to filter in a previous career chapter as editor of Advertising Age. It said he will “oversee a full service multi-disciplinary team of experts who conceive, craft and execute creative deliverables across every touch point in the consumer experience.”
Starting his Santa Monica-based position in December, Donaton will also lead Hulu’s co-ordinated efforts with brand partners, reporting to Cmo Kelly Campbell and working closely with ad sales head Peter Naylor.
“Scott Donaton is a visionary whose experience bringing together creative and content practices, coupled with his background in media, makes him the ideal executive for this strategic role at Hulu,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Digitas, the digital marketing giant that also serves as one of the co-founders of the long-running NewFronts confab, isn’t afraid to address controversial subjects in its annual presentations. One former outing, for instance, dubbed ‘Skip Ads’, encouraged marketers to approach the process from more of a storytelling angle as opposed to more straightforward product-hawking. Last year’s presentation addressed the importance of taking a stand on social issues in an increasingly polarized world. Digitas' past NewFronts have featured guest appearances by radio host Elvis Duran and former Out editor Phillip Picardi.
This year’s theme, says Scott Donaton -- Digitas; global chief content and creative officer -- is ‘Trust’. More specifically, the agency will explore the ways in which people have lost trust in digital media businesses, influencers, and even one another amid a rise of misinformation online.
The presentation is particularly timely as all major social platforms -- including YouTube,...
This year’s theme, says Scott Donaton -- Digitas; global chief content and creative officer -- is ‘Trust’. More specifically, the agency will explore the ways in which people have lost trust in digital media businesses, influencers, and even one another amid a rise of misinformation online.
The presentation is particularly timely as all major social platforms -- including YouTube,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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