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

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

fortune.com/2025/08/12/hulu-vp-ben-smith-mourns-disney-app-shutdown-good-guys-dont-win

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…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-08-12 16:58:41.