Jason Kilar
Kilar already had the power, but the restructuring was his first major display of it after taking the CEO job in May.
His move to simplify the legacy studio’s sprawling media empire undid some key appointments by his predecessor and current boss, John Stankey, who runs AT&T. For instance, Kilar dismissed former WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer chairman Bob Greenblatt, who was Stankey’s first splashy hire when he took control of WarnerMedia after it was bought by AT&T.
Kilar reigns over the Warner Bros. TV and film businesses; cable networks like CNN and HBO; entertainment brands like DC Entertainment and Turner Sports; and ad-tech arm, Xandr.
He’s been pushing the organiza…
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