Jennifer Lopez keeps close to fiancé Ben Affleck while out at an open air market in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 3).
17.06.2022 - 05:15 / variety.com
Selome Hailu Larry Laque, Kristin Brown, Jennifer Driscoll and Doug Seybert are exiting their roles at Warner Bros. Discovery, Variety has learned exclusively.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. 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 recently serving as co-chief information officer and executive vice president of facilities and real estate.
Brown is another company veteran, holding the position of senior vice president of communications, Investigation Discovery and Travel Channel. Driscoll has been WBD’s senior vice president of communications, factual and Discovery+ documentaries since 2021, having joined Discovery as vice president of communications in 2015.
Seybert ends 13 years at Discovery, most recently as group senior vice president of marketing.The end of Henson’s role was predictable following Weitz’s as she was in another leading position at TBS, TNT and truTV. She has served as the executive vice president and head of unscripted programming for those networks since 2019, when she was appointed after leaving her post as Fox’s executive vice president of alternative entertainment.Weiser was senior vice president of programming and
.Jennifer Lopez keeps close to fiancé Ben Affleck while out at an open air market in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 3).
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Cake Boss” star Buddy Valastro, a longtime staple in the Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle brands family, is making A+E Networks his new TV home.The cable giant has signed custom cake whiz Valastro, who rose to fame through his TLC reality series “Cake Boss,” which is centered on his long-standing family business Carlo’s Bakery, to a multi-platform creative partnership.The pact encompasses more than 60 hours of original programming, including development of multiple new series and holiday specials produced by A+E’s Six West Media, in association with Valastro’s Cakehouse Media.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarner Bros. Discovery has partnered with energy company Shell for an adrenaline-filled show, “Dare to Ride,” that has begun airing on Discovery in Southeast Asia and India. “Dare to Ride” showcases some of Asia’s most accomplished riders as they attempt to conquer the region’s most iconic routes with just their bikes, their wits, and their technical knowhow.
Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed its lineup for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con which runs July 21-24.
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Robin Thede is staying in the Warner Bros. Discovery family.
Kristen Bell spoke about her «polar opposites» marriage to fellow actor Dax Shepard on Tuesday's segment of, explaining how they have worked to find compromise amid their wildly different personalities. In her words, «A recipe is not delicious with one ingredient.» «Dax and I are polar opposites and the solution is always in the middle,» she told the three hosts.
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Schlesinger, who was previously President, Warner Bros Worldwide Television Distribution, has invested in and joined the advisory board of online sales platform Vuulr.
Naman Ramachandran Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, faced a shrieking Mandrake plant as he unveiled Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse, a fan-favorite set from the films, where students were taught their Herbology lessons with Professor Pomona Sprout. Built by the original Harry Potter filmmakers, the greenhouse is home to many exotic and magical plants. The new expansion opens at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on July 1, and is part of a new feature titled “Mandrakes and Magical Creatures,” which will run through Sept.
K.J. Yossman Warner Bros Discovery Sports (WBDS) is set to air the Wimbledon tennis championships live across 11 European countries.“The Championships from Wimbledon” will air from Monday, June 27 on discovery+, Eurosport, Eurosport App and Eurosport.com in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria.Fans in those countries will also be able to watch the Wimbledon qualifying tournament live, which started Monday (June 20).
general restructuring under CEO David Zaslav, which stems from the completion of the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger.Henson’s post was executive vice president, head of unscripted programming for TBS, TNT and truTV. In the role, she oversaw and spearheaded unscripted creative development and production for all three cable brands.
$43 billion merger in April; The closure announcement followed several executive exits at WarnerMedia, including WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, studios and networks group CEO and chair Ann Sarnoff and HBO max chief Andy Forssell.
EXCLUSIVE: Corie Henson, who runs unscripted for the Turner networks, is leaving the broadcaster.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarner Bros. Discovery’s brutal year in the stock market hit a new bottom, as shares of the media conglomerate sank 8.1% Thursday — taking a bigger punch than peers.With the stock drop Thursday, to close at $13.65/share, WBD’s market cap stands at about $33.1 billion. That’s well under its current debt load of some $55 billion.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarner Bros. Discovery Latin America has acquired streaming and Pay-TV rights to Indonesian-produced kids animation series “The Beachbuds” for play in Latin America.
Jon Steinlauf, Warner Bros Discovery’s Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer declined to offer an update on the company’s upfront ad sales progress during Credit Suisse’s 24th Annual Communications Conference.
Warner Bros. Discovery has named Luis Silberwasser chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports.
Warner Bros. Discovery has named Luis Silberwasser, a former exec at Discovery, Telemundo and most recently TelevisaUnivision, as chairman and CEO of its sports division.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLuis Silberwasser is getting ready to till new terrain on a familiar piece of ground.The veteran TV executive, who has in recent years become a top content executive in Spanish-language media, has been named to head up the broader sports business for Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a person familiar with the matter.