EXCLUSIVE: A month after Debra O’Connell was promoted to head of Disney’s Networks Group, she has restructured the division, giving additional responsibilities to two industry veterans from the two sides of the Disney-Fox merger.FX’s Chuck Saftler and Disney Channels’ Sean Cocchia have been handed expanded responsibilities as part of the move, which was outlined in an internal memo Tuesday afternoon.O’Connell reports to Kareem Daniel, who was recently named chairman of Disney’s Media and Entertainment Division as part of the company’s broader restructure.Saftler, who was previously president of programming strategy and COO for FX Networks, will now head up business operations for ABC and Freeform as well as the Fargo network.
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