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Why did Warner Bros scrap Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt? The cancellation by Warner Bros of two made-for-HBO Max streaming movies came as a shock to the town. There are several threads here, but the move amounts to an emphatic rejection of past WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s strategy to make original $70 million…

EXCLUSIVE (UPDATED with more details): Less than 24 hours after CEO Jason Kilar, HBO Max boss Andy Forssell and Studio chief Ann Sarnoff were pink-slipped from the soon-to-disappear WarnerMedia, more executives were shown the door Wednesday. The group includes CFO Jennifer Biry; Jason Kilar’s right-hand corporate…

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, who is stepping down this week before the company’s merger with Discovery closes, takes pride in being “first over the wall” with a day-and-date streaming movie strategy. The company stunned the industry at the end of 2020 by announcing the entire 2021 Warner Bros slate would stream on HBO…

Jason Kilar, the former Hulu and Amazon exec who has led WarnerMedia as CEO since May 2020, has formalized plans to exit the company on the eve of its merger with Discovery. In a memo to staff today, the exec confirmed his departure just days ahead of the expected close of the $43 billion merger. The exact date when…

EXCLUSIVE: After months of legal anticipation following his December 2021 firing by Jeff Zucker, Chris Cuomo has just launched the official opening salvo in what looks to be protracted battle with CNN over not only $125 million in cash, but his character and family drama as well. "As a result of Turner's indefensible…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with more details: Jeff Zucker has finalized a deal with WarnerMedia over the former CNN chief’s sudden fall from grace last month. Details of the confidential package are obviously being kept close to the vest, but sources tell us Zucker made the decision several weeks ago to accept what had been…

UPDATED: Allison Gollust is out at CNN, less than two weeks after the cable network’s president Jeff Zucker resigned after the disclosure of a personal relationship with her. Her exit from the network is only the latest upheaval that has left staffers feeling anxious and uncertain over the network’s future…

EXCLUSIVE: (UPDATED with Village Roadshow attorney’s statement) Warner Bros is sick and tired of having streaming sand kicked in its face. As Village Roadshow heads back to the court docket today to further push ASAP on the breach of contract lawsuit the longtime financier of tentpole flicks filed last week against…

Discovery has set March 11 as the date of a special shareholder meeting to hold a vote on the company's proposed merger with AT&T's WarnerMedia. It will be held online via webcast, not in-person "for the health and well-being of our stockholders, employees and directors," the company said in an SEC filing Thursday…

UPDATED, with details of D.C. bureau meeting: Jeff Zucker’s surprise resignation from CNN on Wednesday quickly triggered puzzled questions over just what led to his ouster after revelations of his relationship with Allison Gollust, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for CNN Worldwide. One CNN anchor, Alisyn Camerota…

"I would far prefer this adventure to go on for 10, 20 years, but that's not the way corporate America works," outgoing WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar admitted Tuesday. "The last year and a half have been among the most fulfilling of my professional life," Kilar, who invoked Hollywood's wrath with his decision late last y…

WarnerMedia will require its U.S. employees or anyone entering one of its offices to be vaccinated against Covid-19, the company has announced. Along with the vaccine policy, which matches that of several large U.S. companies, the AT&T division will also reopen its offices on September 6. In a memo to employees, CEO…