Nancy Kanter, EVP, content and creative strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney’s preschool TV channel Disney Junior, will leave the company at the end of January 2021 after two decades.
John Rood will be leaving his post as SVP of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide after three and a half years — and a 14-year combined tenure at the Walt Disney company — to pursue new ventures.
Jocelyn McDowell, a former Disney Channels Worldwide executive filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging she was subjected to a two-year campaign of retaliation, and was ultimately fired, after reporting her boss, Jimmy Blackburn, for sexual harassment.
Exclusives
Carolina Lightcap, president of Disney Channels Worldwide, has quit her job effective immediately, and Gary Marsh, who was chief creative officer and the president of entertainment, has succeeded her.
