Anne Marie Sweeney is the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney-ABC Television Group

Disney-ABC Television Group

Disney-ABC Television Group manages all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties...

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Sweeney was born in Kingston, New York

Kingston, New York

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

. She graduated with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from the College of New Rochelle and earned an Ed.M.

Master of Education

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 degree from Harvard University

Harvard University

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Previously she was chairman and CEO of FX Networks, Inc., since 1993. During her tenure, she presided over the launch of two basic cable networks, FX, an entertainment network representing the most successful basic cable launch in history, and FXM: Movies from Fox, Hollywood’s first studio-based movie network.

Before joining Fox, Sweeney spent 12 years at Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

/Nick at Nite

Nick at Nite

Nick at Nite is the nighttime Cable network that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon on Sundays from 8.p.m.-7.am., Monday through Fridays from 9 p.m.-7 a.m. and Saturdays from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. . Though it shares channel space with Nickelodeon, A.C. Nielsen Co...

 in various executive positions, most recently as senior vice president of Program Enterprises.