* Anne Sweeney has been named president of ABC Cable Networks Group and president of Disney Channel Worldwide, divisions of Walt Disney Co. Sweeney has held the title of president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks and president of Disney Channel since 1998, with responsibility for ABC's interests in Lifetime, A&E, the History Channel and E! Entertainment Television, and overseeing the operation of Disney Channel in the U.S., Toon Disney, the all-animation channel, and SoapNet, the 24-hour soap opera network. She now assumes the added responsibility of overseeing all Disney Channels worldwide and all Disney-branded blocks of programming on cable and network television.
