Continuing its drive to pay down debt, AT&T announced that WarnerMedia has completed the sale-leaseback of its sparkling New York City headquarters at 30 Hudson Yards to a consortium for about $2.2 billion. The initial agreement to sell off the assets was revealed last April. WarnerMedia's lease at 30 Hudson Yards…

Rumblings are getting louder about a potential merger of leading satellite TV distributors DirecTV and Dish, with stocks in both services’ parent companies gaining ground in Friday trading. Dish shares rose 2.5% to $37.10, their highest level in a year and a half. AT&T shares closed the week at $32.49, up more than 1%…

Donald Trump has landed in the UK for his official state visit and in addition to slamming the Mayor of London, he has renewed his attacks on CNN and owner AT&T. Trump seemingly took aim at the news network, after making it to London and landing at Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Regent's Park…

AT&T’s WarnerMedia has shifted oversight of Otter Media to Bob Greenblatt, head of the media company’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer operations. The motivation for the realignment, the company said, is to unite Otter’s digital properties (among them Fullscreen, Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll) with the full…

After a period of years when Netflix, Hulu and Amazon reigned virtually unchallenged as subscription streaming's Big Three, the landscape is getting more crowded than the last act of Avengers: Endgame. The 2020s will dawn with major new pay-to-stream offerings from Apple, Disney and WarnerMedia all jockeying for the…

Conan O’Brien hasn’t been working his network’s Upfront Week presentation as long as has Jimmy Kimmel, who literally created the franchise 17 years ago. But this year WarnerMedia deployed Conan far more strategically than did Disney with Kimmel. ABC’s late-night star literally was the last act of Disney’s Upfront…

Following through on plans articulated at TCA winter press tour, WarnerMedia emphasized its new strategic direction during a brisk upfront pitch, highlighting a more blended approach to the formerly drama-centric TNT and comedy-focused TBS. The company’s network brands are "stronger if we’re less bound by a single…

WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming service will rack up “tens of millions” of subscribers due to its strong library and partnerships with pay-TV providers, who will offer it free to HBO subscribers, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson predicted. The head of WarnerMedia’s parent company offered his streaming outlook during an…

MGM’s premium TV network Epix will be available for DirecTV subscribers for $6 a month as part of a new distribution deal with AT&T. The agreement, which begins May 19, encompasses streaming pay bundle DirecTV Now. Epix, which began as a movie-centric service owned by multiple content partners, has added original…

CNN is the latest division of AT&T’s WarnerMedia to feel the effects of company-wide restructuring, with voluntary buyouts being taken by more than 100 seasoned workers at the cable new network. A network spokesperson tells Deadline the exits are purely related to the buyouts and do not involve any layoffs, contrary…

UPDATED with AT&T’s response. Another cable network group is facing a potential blackout on AT&T platforms, including DirecTV. A month after Viacom was able to hammer out a new carriage agreement with AT&T after very tough negotiations, averting a blackout, A+E Networks find itself in a similar position. In an…

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said he was “impressed by what Disney did” at its investor day earlier this month, a three-plus-hour reveal of extensive details about the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming plans. The euphoria that greeted the Disney event — with the company’s stock gaining 10% in…