Disney General Entertainment Layoffs Include Hulu SVP Mark Levenstein & Freeform SVP Jayne Bieber; 20th TV’s Creative Acquisitions Department
, SVP, Production Management & Operations for Freeform are leaving, with Turner, EVP and head of production for ABC Signature, taking on an expanded role as Network and Platform production for scripted television across Disney Entertainment is being consolidated under her. 20th Television EVP and head of production Nissa Diederich, and Nick Lombardo, SVP and head of production for FX, will now to report to her.
In her new role, Turner will report to Eric Schrier, Disney Television Studios & Global Original Television Strategy for Disney Entertainment. Additionally, Elizabeth Newman, VP of Development who was based at 20th Television while overseeing Creative Acquisitions for Disney Television Studios, is leaving and the department will be dissolved. Its functions will be absorbed by the studios.
The Creative Acquisitions Department was launched in 2021 identify and secure the rights to upcoming and bestselling books, podcasts, news stories and other IP that can be developed by ABC Signature and 20th Television’s roster of showrunners, writers, directors and talent for ABC, Hulu, Freeform, FX, Disney+, NatGeo and other platforms.
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