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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: ...
Guy Griggs to Lead Ad Sales for CNN
Warner Bros. Discovery has tapped Guy Griggs to lead ad sales for CNN. Griggs will join the company as senior vp of ad sales ...
CNN Hires NYT’s Guy Griggs to Lead Ad Sales Team
He joins the cable channel after helping The New York Times increase digital ad revenue 12% during the first quarter of 2025.
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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 ...
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 ...
Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
Trump’s hostility toward the press threatens to complicate dealmaking for those who own news operations, as Paramount has ...
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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.
Wrestling Inc. on MSN1d
WBD Split Likely To Have Little To No Fallout For AEW
WBD, AEW's broadcaster, recently announced that the company would be split into two, and a recent report has revealed if it ...
Axios on MSN2d
CNN parent splitting into two companies
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company to cable channels such as CNN, TBS and TNT, announced Monday that it plans split ...