ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios are merging into a single unit to be headed by Steve McPherson, who now heads the entertainment division.

Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, announced the expected decision Thursday morning at a meeting of ABC and ABC Studios employees.

“The landscape of our business, and an opportunity to coalesce the creative process dictated this change in structure,” Ms. Sweeney said. “By operating these units in a coordinated fashion, we’ll be able to present the industry with a unified, cohesive creative vision for ABC programming, which will serve us well as we move forward.”

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