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Warner Media’s sales and international unit has appointed Sofia Chang and Rich Warren, longtime HBO and Turner veterans, respectively, to lead its distribution business. Both will take the title of president and will report to Gerhard Zeiler, Chief Revenue Officer of WarnerMedia and president of WarnerMedia…

Molly Battin, previously EVP and head of communications and marketing at Turner, has been appointed Chief Corporate Marketing and Brand Strategy Officer at WarnerMedia. In leading brand strategy and brand management across WarnerMedia, Battin will report to Keith Cocozza, EVP of Corporate Marketing and Communications…

WarnerMedia is to bring together the international distribution divisions and home entertainment operations of HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. The move comes ahead of next week's upfronts, which lead quickly into the LA Screenings, where the global sales arm of the studio looks to sell its latest U.S. series to…

As WarnerMedia continues to implement its restructuring plan, select Turner employees have been offered voluntary buyouts, following the same model of the plan introduced last month by HBO. Angela Santone, EVP and head of HR for Turner, sent a memo today to employees, according to a Turner insider. The memo outlined…

Sal Petruzzi, a publicity executive with nearly 16 of experience at Turner, plans to exit the company as AT&T-owned parent WarnerMedia continues a major restructuring. Over the past several years, Petruzzi led U.S. communications for Turner, serving as the main rep for former uber-boss David Levy. In a farewell memo…

Bleacher Report, the digital sports brand under Turner’s umbrella at WarnerMedia, has hired movie studio and digital media veteran Sam Toles as Chief Content Officer. The New York-based executive will report to Howard Mittman, who was named CEO of Bleacher Report last month. Toles comes to Bleacher Report from MGM…

With change rippling through WarnerMedia, symbolized by the twin exits of Turner president David Levy and HBO chief Richard Plepler, teams of senior executives are being advised to stay on task and not panic as the organization is restructured. Sources tell Deadline these conversations today have not taken the form of…

David Levy, who is leaving his post as president of Turner after a nearly 33-year run at the company, sent a farewell memo this morning that brims with the executive’s trademark sales-and-sports brio. He recalled joining the company in 1986 as a 24-year-old account executive, savoring Ted Turner’s occasional New York…

The other shoe has dropped at WarnerMedia, with word emerging that Turner chief David Levy will exit. The news landed on the same day that HBO chief Richard Plepler also announced his exit. The two longtime executives have both been squeezed as the AT&T-owned company reconfigures its executive suite and refines its…

Turner confirmed Thursday that TBS’ planned reboot of Michael Moore’s docuseries TV Nation is not going forward. That puts an end for now to the project, which TNT originally greenlighted and announced during the May 2017 upfronts. At the time the series was to be called Michael Moore Live From the Apocalypse. A…

UPDATED with stock price decline. AT&T reported fourth-quarter earnings below Wall Street forecasts due to comparisons with the year-earlier period, which included a big boost from federal tax cuts. Earnings per share in the quarter ending December 31 came in at 66 cents, down from an adjusted 78 cents in the year-ago…

WarnerMedia said Tuesday it is launching the WarnerMedia Innovation Lab, an incubator that will combine emerging technologies with the company’s content to create new consumer experiences and businesses. The goal is to increase collaboration between WarnerMedia and parent AT&T, and also between corporate partners and…