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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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sportico on MSN10h
WBD Split Will Leave Sports Rights With Cable Networks
Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday announced it is splitting its cable networks portfolio from its movie studio and streaming ...
Axios on MSN14h
CNN parent splitting into two companies
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company to cable channels such as CNN, TBS and TNT, announced Monday that it plans split ...
The New York Sun7h
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.
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 ...
Wrestling Inc. on MSN8h
AEW Broadcaster WBD Splitting Into Two Companies
Warner Bros. Discovery announced today that it will soon split up into two separate publicly-traded companies.