Shakeup in Senior Ranks of Amazon’s Digital Video

Woody Allen and Rachel Brosnahan at the New York premiere of "Crisis in Six Scenes" for Amazon Video. Photo by AP.

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One of Jeff Bezos’ top lieutenants at Amazon.com, Jeff Blackburn, is now directly overseeing Amazon’s video division, following the abrupt departure last month of a senior executive there.

Jim Freeman, a longtime Amazon executive who’d been vice president of video since early 2015 and was considered the chief engineering architect of the platform, left for German retailer Zalando last month. An Amazon spokeswoman confirmed his departure and Mr. Blackburn’s role, while Zalando confirmed his hiring as senior vice president of engineering. Mr. Freeman had reported to Mr. Blackburn.