Veteran MTV Programmers DiSanto, Gateley Exit

Longtime MTV veteran Tony DiSanto is leaving the network at the end of the year, and he’s taking his top lieutenant with him.

DiSanto, MTV’s president of programming, is moving on to establish a production company, DiGa, with Liz Gateley, svp, development. He’s also said to have hashed out a distribution deal with Electus, the IAC unit founded by former NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman.

MTV has not named a replacement for either exec, but the frontrunner to assume DiSanto’s post is David Janollari, the former head of the WB Network.

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