
Jason Kilar
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How the Theatrical Hope of ‘In the Heights’ Burned Bright and Died in Hours (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
By Jethro Nededog | April 26, 2022 @ 1:30 PM”Binge Times,“ a new book about the streaming wars, tracks the movie musical’s glamorous theatrical premiere and its streaming death
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Discovery Closes $43 Billion Merger With WarnerMedia to Form Warner Bros. Discovery
By Diane Haithman | April 8, 2022 @ 2:40 PMThe new company will be headed up by CEO David Zaslav and has an estimated worth of $130 billion
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‘Paranoia’ Felt by WarnerMedia Staff Amid Looming Layoffs in Discovery Merger: ‘It’s Bad, It’s Crazy’
By Diane Haithman | April 6, 2022 @ 5:53 PM”Everybody has merger fatigue and it hasn’t happened yet,“ one employee tells TheWrap
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6 WarnerMedia Executives Join Jason Kilar, Ann Sarnoff and Andy Forssell in Exiting Company
By Brian Welk | April 6, 2022 @ 10:00 AMCFO Jennifer Biry, Chief Human Resources Officer Jim Cummings and EVP of Communications Christy Haubegger will exit upon completion of Discovery merger
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Ann Sarnoff, Andy Forssell to Exit WarnerMedia as Discovery Merger Closes
By Brian Welk | April 5, 2022 @ 2:36 PMSarnoff was chairman and CEO at WarnerMedia’s studios and networks, and Forsell was HBO Max EVP and general manager
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Jason Kilar Says He Decided to Leave WarnerMedia Less Than 2 Weeks After Discovery Merger Set in Motion
By Diane Haithman | April 5, 2022 @ 12:43 PM”I understood that was going to happen in the transaction“ when it was announced in May, the CEO told TheWrap
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WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar to Exit Company Once Discovery Deal Closes
By Brian Welk | April 5, 2022 @ 8:35 AMMerger of Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to be completed as early as next week
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What Warner Bros. Discovery Will Look Like and Why Jason Kilar Won’t Survive the Merger
By Sharon Waxman | February 15, 2022 @ 6:00 AM”The company has been siloed for 30 years,” one insider says. “No one has time for that anymore“
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WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Faces More Pushback From CNN Staffers Over Jeff Zucker Exit
By Jolie Lash | February 7, 2022 @ 1:35 PMA tense staff meeting on Monday follows reports last week that Zucker had no choice but to resign
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AT&T, Discovery CEOs Praise Jeff Zucker Despite ‘Unfortunate’ Ouster From CNN (Videos)
By Lindsey Ellefson | February 4, 2022 @ 6:54 AMDiscovery CEO David Zaslav called Zucker ”a good friend“
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Jake Tapper Challenges Jason Kilar on Jeff Zucker Firing: Is ‘the Bad Guy Winning?’
By Lindsey Ellefson | February 3, 2022 @ 1:45 PMZucker was forced out of his position as CNN president on Wednesday
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Chris Cuomo’s Revenge? Inside Jeff Zucker’s Sudden Ouster as CNN President | Analysis
By Lindsey Ellefson | February 2, 2022 @ 3:40 PMZucker’s relationship with exec Allison Gollust has been an open secret in media circles for years — so why did he abruptly resign?
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Why Nobody in the Industry Uses the Word ‘TV’ Anymore
By Diane Haithman | January 10, 2022 @ 6:00 AMThe term is complicated and anachronistic, industry execs like Warner Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff tell TheWrap: ”We’re consuming omnimedia“
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Streaming Is a ‘3-Horse Race’ Among Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max, WarnerMedia Boss Says
By Diane Haithman | January 5, 2022 @ 12:46 PM”2021 has been a year that HBO Max broke through,“ Jason Kilar says to trumpet company hitting 73.8 million global subscribers
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‘We Were Their Lifeline': Why WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Believes HBO Max Saved Theaters
By Tim Baysinger | October 21, 2021 @ 3:45 AM”We’re the only company for the last year-plus that has delivered 18 movies. Nobody else has done that,“ Kilar tells TheWrap