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Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD's Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: ...
WBD’s David Zaslav, Gunnar Wiedenfels Break Down Split That Will See Standalone Companies “Free And Clear” For M&A
Gunnar Wiedenfels is getting his own company to run. It will soon be open season for media M&A. Discovery+ and HBO Max are ...
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Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD’s Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s iron-fisted money manager. As CFO at Warner Bros.
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WBD Split Will Leave Sports Rights With Cable Networks
Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday announced it is splitting its cable networks portfolio from its movie studio and streaming ...
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Fear Grips CNN as Ruthless Cost-Cutter Takes the Helm as It Is Set To Be Spun Off From Its Parent Company
‘We will continue to be very focused on efficiency,’ says Gunnar Wiedenfels, the new CEO.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Road to Splitsville: What’s Next?
Four years ago, David Zaslav clinched a debt-heavy deal to merge cable mainstay Discovery Inc. — which he’d run since 2006 — ...
Warner Bros. Discovery Breakup Cues Hollywood’s Latest Succession Drama As Two New Companies Take Shape
Monday's news that Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies has fueled chatter about which execs will end up ...
RichCo vs. PoorCo: Not All Spinoffs Are Created Equal
NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery are racing to offload their ailing linear TV channels. But just one of the new ...
Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two: Streaming and Studios, Global Networks
Hollywood conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday made it official, unveiling plans to separate the company, in a ...
David Zaslav just threw in the towel on his WBD experiment — and Wall Street is thrilled
Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting up after just over three years, and Wall Street is cheering. The spinoff will create a ...