INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Changes are afoot at WarnerMedia.
Last week, Richard Plepler announced that he was leaving the CEO role at HBO, following reports that
WarnerMedia and its new corporate parent ATT were pushing for the network to get bigger and broader
Turner president David Levy is also departing.
Today, WarnerMedia announced that former NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt (who The
Hollywood Reporter had previously said was a likely hire) has joined as chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer
That means Greenblatt will be in charge of HBO, TBS, truTV and the forthcoming WarnerMedia streaming service.
The company announced other
leadership changes at the same time: CNN head Jeff Zucker will become the chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports (which includes Turner
Sports, Bleacher Report and ATT sports networks, as well as CNN) and president of CNN
CEO Kevin Tsujihara is taking charge of a new kids and young adults business that will include Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang
(He&ll also be leading Otter Media and Turner Classic Movies.) And Turner International president Gerhard Zeiler is becoming WarnerMedia
chief revenue officer.
&Adding Bob Greenblatt to the WarnerMedia family and expanding the leadership scope and responsibilities of Jeff,
Kevin and Gerhard & who collectively have more than 80 years of global media experience and success & gives us the right management team to
strategically position our leading portfolio of brands, world-class talent and rich library of intellectual property for future growth,&
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey said in a statement.
In addition to tinkering with its leadership structure, WarnerMedia has also been culling
its existing streaming services in advance of its big direct-to-consumer launch.
CEO Richard Plepler is leaving HBO
