Disney’s chief Jeremy Doig quits ahead of larger staff cuts

Jeremy Doig, chief technology officer of Walt Disney Co.’s streaming services, has left the company, according to an internal note, the latest high-profile departure as Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger restructures the world’s largest entertainment company.

Doig joined Disney last March after a long run at Google and was in charge of technology for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. Aaron LaBerge, who has worked at Disney for the past decade, will now oversee technology and product for Disney’s media businesses.

“I have been informed that effective immediately Jeremy Doig is no longer with the company,” Mike Hanley, the senior vice president for engineering in Disney’s streaming division, wrote in a note to colleagues. Hanley will report to LaBerge. Representatives for Disney didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Doig didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Doig’s departure comes just days after Iger announced Disney would fire 7,000 employees and implement a new corporate structure, one that returns oversight of the streaming services to the company’s top creative executives. The moves elevated lieutenants Alan Bergman and Dana Walden, who run entertainment, and ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro, but strips power from employees such as Rebecca Campbell, head of international content and operations, and Michael Paull, previously the president of Disney streaming.