Hulu Fires Three Top Executives in Major Shakeup Chief content officer Joel Stillerman, senior VP of partnerships and distribution Tim Connolly and Ben Smith, senior VP of experience were all let go on Friday. Hulu will now break its content creation into two different teams: one team dedicated to original programming and another team dedicated to live TV, subscription VOD content licensing and more. Randy Freer, Hulu CEO Randy Freer, Hulu CEO This is the first major shakeup since Freer joined the company as the CEO in October.