Larry Laque, Kristin Brown, Jessica Driscoll and Doug Seybert are exiting their roles at Warner Bros. Discovery, Variety has learned.
They join Corie Henson and Todd Weiser, who were also learned to be leaving the company on Thursday. These firings are the latest additions to a long list since the company’s merger was made official on April 8, after which CEO David Zaslav committed to cutting 3 billion in costs over the next three years. Most recent was the departure of Brett Weitz as general manager of TBS, TNT and TruTV, which was announced on May 11.
However, Laque, Brown, Driscoll and Seybert are some of the first high-profile names to leave from the Discovery side, as many of Wbd’s other exits — such as chairman and CEO Ann Sarnoff and global communications head Johanna Fuentes — were at Warner Bros. before the merger.
Laque has been at Discovery for almost 20 years, most...
They join Corie Henson and Todd Weiser, who were also learned to be leaving the company on Thursday. These firings are the latest additions to a long list since the company’s merger was made official on April 8, after which CEO David Zaslav committed to cutting 3 billion in costs over the next three years. Most recent was the departure of Brett Weitz as general manager of TBS, TNT and TruTV, which was announced on May 11.
However, Laque, Brown, Driscoll and Seybert are some of the first high-profile names to leave from the Discovery side, as many of Wbd’s other exits — such as chairman and CEO Ann Sarnoff and global communications head Johanna Fuentes — were at Warner Bros. before the merger.
Laque has been at Discovery for almost 20 years, most...
- 6/17/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Discovery exec Kathleen Finch has revealed her revamped leadership team at the newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery after a series of c-suite exits, which includes Tom Ascheim, Brett Weitz and more, Variety has confirmed.
Nancy Daniels, who was Chief Brand Officer of Discovery & Factual, will take on content oversight at the Turner networks after the departure of Brett Weitz. She currently oversees male-focused networks like Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel, will take on TNT, TBS and truTV. Her direct reports are Corie Henson, Adrienne O’Riain, Sam Linsky and Tammy Glover.
Finch is grouping together several networks focused on kids, young adults and classics: Adult Swim/Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies and the Warner Bros. Animation/Cn Studios group.
Michael Ouweleen, who is in charge of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, will continue in the role and report to Finch. Amy Friedman, who served as head of kids and family programming at Warner.
Nancy Daniels, who was Chief Brand Officer of Discovery & Factual, will take on content oversight at the Turner networks after the departure of Brett Weitz. She currently oversees male-focused networks like Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel, will take on TNT, TBS and truTV. Her direct reports are Corie Henson, Adrienne O’Riain, Sam Linsky and Tammy Glover.
Finch is grouping together several networks focused on kids, young adults and classics: Adult Swim/Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies and the Warner Bros. Animation/Cn Studios group.
Michael Ouweleen, who is in charge of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, will continue in the role and report to Finch. Amy Friedman, who served as head of kids and family programming at Warner.
- 5/13/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. Discovery is moving fast with its reorganization.
Kathleen Finch, who oversee the U.S. Networks Group, has laid out her leadership team and realigned the kids, young adults and classics division following the departure of Tom Ascheim.
Nancy Daniels, who was Chief Brand Officer, Discovery & Factual, will take over content oversight for the Turner networks following the departure of Brett Weitz.
Daniels, who currently oversees male-skewing networks including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel, will look after TNT, TBS and truTV. Corie Henson, Adrienne O’Riain, Sam Linsky, and Tammy Glover will report to her.
“Nancy’s strong leadership skills, along with her track record of running multiple networks and her experience as a former producer, will enable her to mine the advantages across these networks with shared audiences,” Finch wrote in an internal memo to staff seen by Deadline.
On the kids, young adults and classics front,...
Kathleen Finch, who oversee the U.S. Networks Group, has laid out her leadership team and realigned the kids, young adults and classics division following the departure of Tom Ascheim.
Nancy Daniels, who was Chief Brand Officer, Discovery & Factual, will take over content oversight for the Turner networks following the departure of Brett Weitz.
Daniels, who currently oversees male-skewing networks including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel, will look after TNT, TBS and truTV. Corie Henson, Adrienne O’Riain, Sam Linsky, and Tammy Glover will report to her.
“Nancy’s strong leadership skills, along with her track record of running multiple networks and her experience as a former producer, will enable her to mine the advantages across these networks with shared audiences,” Finch wrote in an internal memo to staff seen by Deadline.
On the kids, young adults and classics front,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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