Exec shuffles at Disney
Executive changes during the Iger-Ross regime:
Oct. 2005: Iger takes Disney reins as CEO.
Sept. 2009: Iger fires studio Chairman Dick Cook.
Oct. 2009: Iger installs Rich Ross as studio chairman.
Oct. 2009: Ross fires Miramax Films chief Daniel Battsek.
Nov. 2009: Ross fires marketing President Jim Gallagher.
Nov. 2009: Ross fires Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
Jan. 2010: Ross fires Oren Aviv as head of production.
Jan. 2010: Ross installs Sean Bailey as head of production.
Jan. 2011: Ross fires distribution chief Chuck Viane.
Jan. 2011: Ross promotes Dave Hollis to top distribution job.
Feb. 2011: Ross fires veteran physical production President Bruce Hendricks.
Feb. 2011: Ross fires longtime casting chief Marcia Ross.
April 2011: Ross installs MT Carney as head of marketing.
Sept. 2011: Iger fires consumer products chief Andy Mooney.
Jan. 2012: Ross fires MT Carney as head of marketing.
Jan. 2012: Ross installs Ricky Strauss as head of marketing.
April 2012: Iger fires Ross.
Source: Times staff reporting
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