Disney Promotes Richard Ross
Disney has promoted Richard Ross, the former President of the Disney Channel Worldwide, to replace Richard Cook as Chief of the Walt Disney Studios. Hopes for the new chief include developing franchises and using them to span across the company’s multiple businesses, dealing with new film technologies, and reviving a brand that has become somewhat lackluster in recent years (Ross brought The Disney Channel back from death with series like “Hannah Montana”and “Wizards of Waverly Place” and Disney Channel Original Movies like “Princess Protection Program”, “Camp Rock” and “High School Musical”).
Richard Ross replaces Dick Cook, who left the company last month.
