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• Former Disney Exec, TikTok Chief Kevin Mayer Joins Investment Firm Access Industries
• ESPN Lays Off 300 Staffers Amid Resource Shift Toward DTC, Digital Businesses

  Disney-owned ESPN announced today that it is eliminating a total of positions across the company -- including 300 jobs that are already filled and 200 open positions -- in order to allocate resources toward direct-to-consumer and digital initiatives, while also continuing to innovate its TV experience, the company said.

  
• YouTuber Jenn Im’s Fashion Brand Eggie Debuts Official Disney Collection

  Jenn Im has teamed up with the Magic Kingdom.

  
• Disney+ On Track To Surpass Sister Streamer Hulu’s U.S. Subscribers By 2024 (Report)

  While both Hulu and Disney+ are owned by parent company Disney, the latter platform -- which launched last November and was a massive hit right out of the gate -- is set to surpass its 13-year-old predecessor in terms of U.S. users by the year 2024.

  
• Disney+ Adds Co-Viewing Feature ‘GroupWatch’
• Insights: Divergent Debuts For ‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet’ Make This One Of Hollywood’s Biggest Weekends Ever
• ‘Mulan’ Is Coming To Disney+—But Subscribers Must Pay $29.99 To Watch It
• Comic-Con@Home A Much Different Event On Social Video
• How SVODs Are Leveraging Facebook And YouTube To Grow Their Audiences
• ‘Hamilton’ Film Debut Drove 72.4% Spike In U.S. Disney+ App Downloads This Weekend
• The Architect Behind Disney+, Kevin Mayer, Has Been Named CEO Of TikTok
• Insights: Grading Video Streaming Services Six Weeks Into The Pandemic