'Sometimes the good guys don't win': Former Hulu VP mourns Disney's shuttering of the iconic streaming app

'Sometimes the good guys don't win': Former Hulu VP mourns Disney's shuttering of the iconic streaming app

In a Monday LinkedIn post, a former vice president at Hulu lamented Disney’s decision to shut down the iconic Hulu app and fully merge Hulu’s offerings with Disney+, marking the end of an influential chapter in streaming history. Ben Smith, who worked at Hulu between 2015 and 2018 as the company’s senior vice president of experience, leading the development of Hulu’s product strategy and customer experience, said he didn’t have enough positive t…

Disney is Shutting Down Hulu

By: Nick Gambino Well, it’s been a long time coming, but Hulu is finally being shut down. Or rather, it’s being fully integrated into the Disney+ platform and will no longer have a standalone Hulu app.  The writing was on the wall for quite a while now, ever since Disney acquired a majority stake in […]