Arias allies with ABC Daytime

Disney-ABC has named Mirian Arias v . p . of communications for daytime. Arias originates from NBCUniversal, where she was communications veep for digital women's brand iVillage. Formerly, she's had communications roles for Syfy, Nickelodeon and Oxygen. "Mirian's extensive background in consumer communications coupled with her newer experience heading up digital communications for Syfy and iVillage make her an ideal candidate with this role," stated Disney-ABC Television Group global communications EVP Kevin Brockman, to whom Arias will report. Arias will oversee communications for ABC Daytime and ABC Media Prods., in addition to for the moment SoapNet, that is being eliminated in support of Disney Junior the coming year. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com