Arias allies with ABC Daytime

Disney-ABC has named Mirian Arias vice president of communications for daytime. Arias comes from NBCUniversal, where she was communications veep for digital women's brand iVillage. Previously, she has had communications roles for Syfy, Nickelodeon and Oxygen. "Mirian's extensive background in consumer communications combined with her more recent experience heading up digital communications for Syfy and iVillage make her the perfect candidate for this role," said 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., as well as for the time being SoapNet, which is being phased out in favor of Disney Junior next year. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com