Disney Names Exec to Head Family Channel
A Times Staff Writer
Walt Disney Co. named ABC Daytime head Angela Shapiro president of its recently acquired ABC Family Channel.
Shapiro, 52, replaces Maureen Smith, who resigned Tuesday.
Shapiro, co-founder of Soap Opera Digest, became president of ABC Daytime in 1998, overseeing a lineup that includes “One Life to Live” and “General Hospital.”
Shapiro also started the annual “Super Soap Weekend” at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando.
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