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Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD's Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: ...
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Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies
Discovery (WBD) have fallen by about half since then ... including Discovery+ and Bleacher Report. CNN is also building a new streaming service that will launch later this year.
David Zaslav just threw in the towel on his WBD experiment — and Wall Street is thrilled
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting up after just over three years, and Wall Street is cheering. The spinoff will create a ...
Guy Griggs to Lead Ad Sales for CNN
Warner Bros. Discovery has tapped Guy Griggs to lead ad sales for CNN. Griggs will join the company as senior vp of ad sales ...
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn't want its cable channels like CNN anymore. Who does?
Would you like to own CNN, TNT, and the Discovery Channel? Warner Bros. Discovery owns them now — but wants to get rid of ...
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Fear Grips CNN as Ruthless Cost-Cutter Takes the Helm as It Is Set To Be Spun Off From Its Parent Company
‘We will continue to be very focused on efficiency,’ says Gunnar Wiedenfels, the new CEO.
WBD split: What will Warner Bros. Discovery look like as two separate companies?
Warner Bros Discovery said it will separate it streaming and production assets from its cable TV networks. Here's what it ...
CNN’s Anderson Cooper rakes in $18M annually — as network faces spinoff amid ratings freefall: report
Cooper’s eye-popping salary has become a flashpoint inside CNN as staff brace for layoffs and belt-tightening, according to ...
Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
Trump’s hostility toward the press threatens to complicate dealmaking for those who own news operations, as Paramount has ...
Moguls Take Aim at Zaslav’s Vision of WBD as Company Splits: ‘It Was a Failure’
Said one top executive: "It’s a deal that never had a shot and shouldn’t have been done. But they’ve also done a terrible job ...
Channing Dungey To Remain With Studios & Streaming Post-WBD Split; Few Executives With Dual Responsibilities Make For Clean Break
Channing Dungey (and maybe Brett Paul) will stay with Studios & Streaming post-WBD split. Few execs with dual ...
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WBD Split Likely To Have Little To No Fallout For AEW
WBD, AEW's broadcaster, recently announced that the company would be split into two, and a recent report has revealed if it ...