Disney Has Two Daddies

Disney's Interactive group has been reportedly struggling recently, losing $65 million in the recent fiscal quarter. Perhaps as a move to help fix that, the company has announced that the division will now be headed by two of its executives.

Playdom CEO John Pleasants and former Yahoo media executive James Pitaro are taking over for the former president, Steve Wadsworth, who resigned last month. Pleasants (who also worked at EA in the past) will continue to lead social games publisher Playdom, which Disney acquired last year. Pitaro, meanwhile, will run Disney Online.

"John has shown incredible agility and skill in helping companies achieve success in the ever-shifting digital games business," said Disney president and CEO Robert Iger in a statement, "while Jimmy has vast knowledge of the online world and has been hugely successful at creating and building audiences around branded online content."