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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: Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s iron-fisted money manager. As CFO at Warner Bros....

Did David Zaslav’s Grand Vision Fail? As WBD and Other Media Giants Move Pieces Around, They Can’t Outrun the Cable Math

Four years ago, David Zaslav insisted that Discovery Communications together with what was then called WarnerMedia was more than the sum of its parts. They had a “formidable” lineup of global...

Elon Musk Claims Donald Trump ‘Is in the Epstein Files’: ‘That Is the Real Reason They Haven’t Been Made Public’

In an explosive allegation, Elon Musk — amid a real-time escalating feud Thursday with President Trump — claimed that Trump is “in the Epstein files.” Musk, in a post on his...

Warner Bros. Discovery Makes Layoffs Across Cable TV Group

Warner Bros. Discovery, as its cable TV business continues to shrink and viewership falls, has made targeted job cuts across its linear networks. The media conglomerate’s linear TV business includes TNT,...

YouTube Disputes Disney Lawsuit’s Claims Over Justin Connolly Hiring, Alleges Disney Is Using Exec as ‘Pawn’ in License Talks

YouTube has fired back at Disney, opposing Disney’s lawsuit attempting to block the video giant’s hiring of Justin Connolly, a former high-level media distribution exec for the Mouse House. Last month,...

Disney+ Launches ‘Always-On’ Subscriber Perks and Sweepstakes, Including Chance to Attend ‘Freakier Friday’ Premiere and Free Four-Night Cruise

Disney is unleashing a bunch of discount offers and sweepstakes aimed at spurring more Disney+ and Hulu subscription sign-ups and renewals. The new Disney+ Perks program expands offers to streaming subscribers...

CAA Hires Former UTA Partner Brent Weinstein

Brent Weinstein, who in nearly 20 years at UTA launched and grew the agency’s pioneering digital media business, is joining rival CAA in a senior role overseeing multiple areas. Weinstein will...

OpenAI Acquires AI Devices Company Founded by iPhone Designer Jony Ive for $6.5 Billion

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman struck a deal to acquire io, the product-development startup founded by Jony Ive — the former Apple design guru behind the iPhone — in a deal valued...

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