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Kevin Reilly, who ended a six-year run at WarnerMedia last summer amid waves of restructuring at the media company, has resurfaced as an advisory board member of a tech startup called DeepDub. In an interview with Deadline, Reilly described what he sees as a compelling opportunity for the emerging outfit, and said he…

New WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is putting his stamp on the company via a big reorganization, with Warner Bros. chief Ann Sarnoff taking oversight of all network, film and TV studio and streaming assets. Leaving WarnerMedia are Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer; Kevin Reilly…

Everything and the Game of Thrones sink is what HBO Max aims to be and certainly what the upcoming AT&T-owned streamer unsuccessfully poured into its unwieldy and overloaded presentation today. Or put another way, how many times can a revolving cast of executives mention or reference the Emmy winning blockbuster…

Programming on HBO Max, which will scale to 88 series across HBO and Max Originals, will be marked by a one-episode-at-a-time release strategy, the streaming service’s content chief Kevin Reilly affirmed Tuesday. Speaking to Wall Street analysts and the media during WarnerMedia’s investor day Tuesday, the executive…

WarnerMedia’s newly christened HBO Max streaming service has announced titles and roles for a slate of executives across creative and business operations and strategy. Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and president, TNT, TBS, and truTV, made the official announcement of the team leading original…

Kevin Reilly, President TBS, TNT and Chief Creative Officer Turner and Direct-to-Consumer, has extended his contract with a new four-year deal through 2022. As part of the extension, Reilly is expanding his portfolio to add the last remaining network from the former Turner Broadcast System, truTV. As a result of the…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Reilly canceled a planned South By Southwest appearance set for Friday after the WarnerMedia executive worried he might be needed back at HQ. As it is, the now President TBS, TNT and Chief Creative Officer Turner and Direct-to-Consumer is actually scheduled to be sitting down with Bob Greenblatt…

Kevin Reilly has addressed the showrunner changes behind TNT’s long-gestating sci-fi drama Snowpiercer. The chief creative officer of Turner Entertainment, who is also president of TNT, said the Jennifer Connelly-fronted drama should soon see the light of day and that the network is "just playing with the timing of…

WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service will bring together its "treasure trove" of 42,000 hours of content from HBO as well as brands such as DC, Looney Tunes, Turner, The CW and CNN after Kevin Reilly for the first time lifted the lid on the content that will fuel the platform. Reilly discussed Monday at the TCA…

TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly, who is involved in the oversee of the new WarnerMedia streaming service, said Monday that in regards to Friends down the road, the series is bound to play exclusively on the new platform. “I think you can expect the crown jewels of Warner will ultimately end up on our new service…

On the heels of being named Head of Content & Strategy For WarnerMedia's new streaming service, Kevin Reilly has made his first key executive appointment, naming longtime close associate Sarah Aubrey as Head of Original Content for the platform. Aubrey was most recently EVP Original Programming for TNT. In light of…