Alisa Bowen Exits as Disney+ President to Become CEO of Disney-Controlled Fubo TV Streamer
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Alisa Bowen is stepping down as president of Disney+, a role she has held since September 2022, to become chief executive of Fubo, the internet TV streaming service in which Disney holds a majority stake. Fubo's board appointed her effective 10 July, and she succeeds co-founder David Gandler, who led the company for more than a decade and is also leaving its board. The move underscores Disney's tightening grip on Fubo and the reshaping of its wider streaming operations following a major consolidation.
The change follows the closure last autumn of a deal merging Disney's Hulu + Live TV operations with Fubo, leaving Disney with a 70% stake in the combined company. Disney is not expected to name a direct replacement for Bowen at Disney+, as its streaming business is now run by co-presidents Joe Earley and Adam Smith across Disney+ and Hulu. Bowen, who has spent nearly a decade at Disney and previously worked at News Corp, Dow Jones and Thomson Reuters, said she would sharpen Fubo's strategy across sports, news and entertainment; Fubo chairman Andy Bird, a former Walt Disney International chairman, praised her track record on subscriber growth and profitability.
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In short
- Alisa Bowen leaves Disney+ presidency to run Disney-controlled Fubo.
- She replaces co-founder David Gandler, who also exits the board.
- Disney owns 70% of Fubo after the Hulu + Live TV merger.
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Fubo's board has now formally confirmed the appointment of Alisa Bowen as chief executive, effective 10 July, with the company framing the move as the culmination of a search led by its independent directors to guide Fubo's next phase across sports, news and entertainment.
- 4 months ago Alisa Bowen, who has been president of Disney+ since September 2022, is stepping down to become chief executive of Fubo, the internet TV streaming service in which Disney holds a majority stake.
- 4 months ago Alisa Bowen is stepping down as president of Disney+, a role she has held since September 2022, to become chief executive of Fubo, the internet TV streaming service in which Disney holds a majority stake.
Explained simply
Alisa Bowen has led Disney+ as president since September 2022, but she is now moving to run Fubo, a smaller internet TV streaming service that lets people watch live and on-demand television without a traditional cable subscription. Disney does not own Fubo outright, but it holds a controlling 70% stake, after merging its Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo last autumn. That merger, and Bowen's move, are part of a broader reshuffling of how Disney manages its various streaming products.
Fubo was co-founded and long led by David Gandler, who is now stepping down from the company's board as Bowen takes over as chief executive. At Disney+, Bowen will not be directly replaced; instead, oversight of Disney's streaming services now sits with two co-presidents, Joe Earley and Adam Smith, who run Disney+ and Hulu together.
This matters because it signals how closely Disney intends to steer Fubo's direction now that it has a controlling stake, and because it reflects wider changes in how the entertainment giant organises its streaming operations following the Hulu-Fubo consolidation.
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