{"id":13213,"date":"2020-05-19T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2559935"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:30:00","slug":"disney-streaming-chief-kevin-mayer-resigns-to-become-tiktok-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/19\/disney-streaming-chief-kevin-mayer-resigns-to-become-tiktok-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney streaming chief Kevin Mayer resigns to become TikTok CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Mayer is joining the shortform video app and its Chinese parent company<\/p>\n

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Kevin Mayer is leaving his post as the head of Disney’s streaming efforts to become the CEO of the shortform video app TikTok, Disney announced today<\/a>. He will also become the COO of TikTok’s owner, ByteDance.<\/p>\n

“Kevin has had an extraordinary impact on our company over the years, most recently as head of our direct-to-consumer business,” said Disney CEO Bob Chapek in a statement.<\/p>\n

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