The sports giant is now its own division within The Walt Disney Co.
now its own division within The Walt Disney Co., ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro is restructuring his senior leadership team.
Among the changes: Burke Magnus, a 28-year veteran of ESPN who was most recently president of programming and original content will now be president of content, overseeing ESPN’s studio shows, newsgathering and journalism, live events, talent, audio, social media, digital, and films. “He is a strong relationship builder, both internally across Disney, and externally with our league partners, and will bring valuable institutional and industry knowledge to his new role as he builds upon our history of developing unparalleled storytelling across platforms.,” Pitaro wrote in a memo to staff Wednesday.
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