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Editors Note: As chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment in the era of Titanic, X-Men, Independence Day and Braveheart, and producer of the Oscars and Oscar-nominated films like Hacksaw Ridge and Coraline, Bill Mechanic has been part of the fabric of the film industry his whole career. He thought he had seen every…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA is the latest to blast WarnerMedia on its decision to place its entire 17-film slate on HBO Max at the same time the films are released in U.S. theaters in 2021. Sources said that at an agency staff meeting, CAA president Richard Lovett read aloud a letter that he sent to WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar…

WarnerMedia announced on Thursday that every film on its 2021 slate would premiere simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. The move caught even some creatives working with the studio by surprise. But in a year where everything has been upended, the decision seems logical in hindsight. Click on the video above for…

"There is no way to sugarcoat this for the theater operators," said one Wall Streeter as exhibition stocks plunged Thursday on WarnerMedia's bombshell – a reimaging of its entire 2021 release slate that hit an exhibition industry already teetering on the brink. Cinemark shares– up earlier in the session — lost nearly…

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar jumped on the phone today to talk more about the revolutionary theatrical-HBO Max window for the studio’s 2021 slate. That big decision comes down strictly to the pandemic and the studio aiming to maximize their movies as revenue events on its new streaming service HBO Max, as well as…

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar addressed company employees at a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, which followed the latest round of layoffs at the media company yesterday. Kilar, joined by James Cummings, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, and Christy Haubegger, EVP and Head of Marketing & Communications, opened…

A significant round of layoffs forecast last month at WarnerMedia is getting under way today. CEO Jason Kilar emailed staffers this morning, acknowledging the process is “painful” but also calling it a “critical” step in the AT&T division’s evolution. (See his full memo below.) The entertainment outfit has seen…

Jean-Paul "JP" Colaco, the industry veteran who has worked at Apple and at Hulu, has been hired by WarnerMedia as Head of Advertising Sales. He will report to Tony Goncalves, head of WarnerMedia's Commercial businesses, including Ad Sales, Distribution, Otter Media, Home Entertainment and Content Licensing. In his new…

Back in July, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into the workplace environment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show following a BuzzFeed report alleging bullying and intimidation at the syndicated talk show, produced by Warner Bros.’ Telepictures division. A followup news report made claims of misogyny, verbal abuse and…

In an interview with CNBC, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar addressed the launch of HBO Max, conceded a “mistake” with HBO branding and comparing Max with Disney and NBCUniversal’s streaming efforts. Today’s interview (watch a large chunk of it above) was Kilar’s first since major layoffs hit WarnerMedia this week…

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar shook up the top ranks at the AT&T-owned media company today, consolidating all film, TV and streaming content under Warner Bros.’ Ann Sarnoff. The sweeping restructuring includes expanded responsibilities for HBO Max’s Andy Forssell and HBO's Casey Bloys and the exit of top WarnerMedia/HBO…

His credentials seemed impeccable. He was 60, a Yale graduate, a former studio chief, a gifted dealmaker and now a newly named company president. But there were a few clouds: He was also a convicted embezzler, a compulsive gambler and his Yale degree was bogus. This was 1981 and David Begelman, the new boss of MGM…