{
  "id": 8100517,
  "title": "Disney Names Adam Smith Director-to-Consumer Chairman, Joe Earley Shifts to TV Franchise and Content Strategy Chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/disney-names-adam-smith-director-to-consumer-chairman-joe-earley",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disney-new-streaming-chief-adam-smith-joe-earley-shifts-1236865886/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Disney is switching up its streaming leadership team, which currently consists of co-presidents of direct-to-consumer Adam Smith and Joe Earley. Smith has been named chairman of direct-to-consumer for Disney Entertainment, while Earley is shifting into the newly created role of president of Disney Entertainment Television franchise and content strategy. Smith and Earley will report to […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}