Hulu CEO Randy Freer will be leaving his position, as part of a reorganisation at the Disney unit, the Hollywood Reporter reported. Disney wants to align the streaming service more closely to its own strategy and to its direct-to-consumer business.
As part of the change, leaders at Hulu will report directly to Disney's direct-to-consumer and international division leaders. Disney had already moved moved oversight of Hulu scripted series to Disney TV Studios chairman Dana Walden. It also announced in November that Disney-owned FX would begin programming a new content hub dubbed FX on Hulu.
Hulu's board selected Freer to replace Mike Hopkins as the company's CEO in 2017. Under his mandate, the service grew its base by around 68 percent to 28.5 million paid members as of September.
