Andre Rohe, formerly with Meta, YouTube and Google, has been hired to lead Disney Entertainment and ESPN's product engineering team.

The former Meta and YouTube executive will oversee a team of engineers focused on digital products and platforms The post Disney Entertainment, ESPN Tap Andre Rohe to Lead Product Engineering Division appeared first on TheWrap.

As it ramps up ahead of the launch of its flagship ESPN streaming service in the fall, Disney has hired an executive from Meta to lead a newly created product engineering group th

Disney’s costly Star Wars hotel won’t be welcoming guests back any time soon. The building that was the Galactic Starcruiser hotel in Disney World’s Epcot Center is now being converted into office space,

According to a new story from The Wrap, the Galactic Starcruiser won’t be transformed into an expansion for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, or any other guest-facing operation. Instead, the plan is to make the building offices for Walt Disney Imagineering, the arm of the Walt Disney Company tasked with creating its theme park experiences.

Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World will be transformed into office space for Imagineers, a Disney World spokesperson confirmed Thursday. No further details were provided. The Walt Disney Imagineering move was first reported by The Wrap.