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Streaming Industry Leadership Changes

Updated 2026-07-08 18:25 UTC 1 source Neutral

John Lasker, a key executive at ESPN, is set to leave the company in September. AGC Studios has also appointed new sales leadership roles for Diane Ferrandez and Nat McCormick.

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Variety
AGC International, the sales and distribution arm of AGC Studios, has named Diane Ferrandez and Nat McCormick to the newly created roles of co-heads of worldwide sales and distribution, effective immediately. Los Angeles-based McCormick and London-based Ferrandez will share management and film sales
2026-07-08 18:11 UTC
Variety
John Lasker, who helped ESPN launch itself into the direct-to-consumer era, with oversight of an area that will likely grow in importance and more video consumers abandon cable for streaming, plans to leave the Disney sports-media giant in late September. The decision, according to a person familiar
2026-07-08 18:14 UTC
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