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- John Stankey, a veteran of the company, will become its new chief executive starting July 1. He will take the reins from Randall L. Stephenson, who has led AT&T since 2007.
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As CEO of Time Warner, Bewkes oversaw HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, while he oversaw the company's divestment from AOL, Time Inc. and Time Warner Cable. In January 2006, Bewkes and CBS Corporation head Les Moonves helped broker the deal that joined the CBS-owned UPN with The WB to form The CW Network.
David Zaslav (born January 15, 1960) is an American media executive who is the current CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). [1] Zaslav became CEO and president of Discovery, Inc. in 2006, and focused on the company’s core networks, programming, and expanding its reach into Digital media .
Gerald Levin, who had served as chairman and CEO of Time Warner Entertainment, was CEO of the new company.
- Rise of Subscription TV
- Taking Over at A Humbled Time Warner
- A Focus on Programming
- New Rivals
Bewkes joined HBO in 1979, when pay cable networks were a novelty and mainly showed movies a couple of months after they were in theaters. HBO stands for Home Box Office, after all. Bewkes worked up to chief financial officer and president before becoming CEO of the network in 1995. During his tenure, HBO invested more in original programming and c...
Bewkes took over as Time Warner CEO in 2008, replacing Richard Parsons at a time when the company was under pressure to slim down. Time Warner had recently come to a settlement with activist shareholder Carl Icahn, who was calling for a breakup. Time Warner's merger with AOL, completed just before the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, had been a bust. ...
Bewkes bulked up on the programming side — on both the small and big screens. Beginning in 2011, the Turner networks TBS, TNT and TruTV won the rights to broadcast the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, alongside CBS. Turner also extended deals with the NBA and Major League Baseball. And HBO, Bewkes' former home,...
Bewkes, 66, stands to leave Time Warner with a big payout. Time Warner's total return, which includes dividends, has surged by nearly 260% since he took over as CEO. That's better than the S&P 500 during his tenure. But they have slightly lagged total returns of big media rivals like Disney (DIS). And some would argue that Time Warner, like many ot...
David Zaslav is President and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the world’s largest and most diverse media and entertainment companies with market leadership across all programming genres, including premium scripted television and movies, non-fiction series, international, animation, global sports and news. Mr. Zaslav ...
Steve Ross, who started with Kinney after marrying the owner’s daughter, was co-chief executive officer (CEO) from 1969 to 1972, when he became the sole CEO, president, and chairman of WCI.
Sep 4, 2024 · J. Richard Munro, the former chairman and CEO of Time Inc. who led the storied publisher’s 1989 merger with Warner Communications and was a driving force in the early success of HBO, has...
