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Three veteran HBO executives, Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young, are being promoted to expanded roles at WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer divisions. The trio will report to Global Communications EVP Kevin Brockman, the former Disney exec who joined WarnerMedia earlier this year. The…

Viacom and CBS have jointly promoted Julia Phelps, a 14-year Viacom veteran, to EVP and Chief Communications and Corporate Marketing Officer of ViacomCBS. She will continue to report to Bob Bakish, who will head the combined company when its $30 billion, all-stock merger is completed, likely by the end of the…