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6 Burning Questions After WarnerMedia’s Massive Restructure

One day after WarnerMedia underwent a seismic shift, we’re still catching our breath. On Friday, newly-minted CEO Jason Kilar shattered the traditional walls of the studio, television and premium cable divisions, rolled all content creation into one operation, while also creating a separate focus on HBO Max that places the nascent streamer at the forefront of its business strategy. Kilar’s moves came just one day after NBCUniversal made a similarly convention-shattering change. Two highly respected executives, Bob Greenblatt and Kevin Reilly, were ousted. Andy Forssell, Ann Sarnoff and Casey Bloys were given more prominent roles, positioning them as Kilar’s new brain trust along with Jeff Zucker, who still heads up news and sports and was the only division left unaffected. With all of this disruption, TheWrap has some burning questions: Also Read: WarnerMedia CEO Feels No Pressure to Push Films to Streaming Despite Disney's 'Mulan' Move What is the fate of individual networks? What’s in a TV network? We’re not sure anymore. WarnerMedia combined its studios and networks, meaning that people behind “Wonder Woman” and “Game of Thrones” are on the same floor. While that could allow While that could allow them to be more strategic about where to direct development...

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