As she prepares so as to add the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. networks to her oversight in January, Warner Bros. Television Group chairman/CEO Channing Dungey is finalizing the division’s new govt construction. That consists of increasing duties for her high lieutenant at Warner Bros. TV Group, Brett Paul, who will now additionally function chief working officer for U.S. networks.
Those networks embody HGTV, Discovery, TBS, Food Network, TNT, Investigation Discovery (ID), TLC, Animal Planet, Cooking Channel, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim and TruTV, all of which can now fall beneath Dungey as WBD U.S. Networks chairman/CEO Kathleen Finch departs on the finish of the 12 months.
Like Dungey, Paul will now straddle duties at each the studio and networks divisions, which implies he maintains his present function as president of Warner Bros. TV Group whereas taking up new oversight on the networks. Paul will proceed to report back to Dungey, and along with his current duties on the studio will now lead enterprise affairs and digital technique for the networks, whereas helping Dungey in her plans for the channels.
Dungey has additionally promoted longtime Discovery networks exec Howard Lee to chief artistic officer of U.S. networks; he additionally will proceed in his present function because the president and head of content material for TLC and Discovery. Lee studies to Dungey and concentrate on the content material technique throughout WBD’s linear networks, on streaming service Max, and through international licensing and partnerships.
Among different U.S. networks appontments: Susan Kolar has been named chief monetary and technique officer for U.S. networks, and continues to report back to WBD chief monetary officer Gunnar Wiedenfels. And Karen Bronzo will proceed as chief international advertising and marketing officer for U.S. networks and information, co-reporting to Dungey and CNN Worldwide chief working officer David Leavy.
“Building on the inspiration that Kathleen established, I’m excited to announce the core U.S. Networks management workforce who will drive a brand new artistic imaginative and prescient and distribution plan that finest serves our audiences, our companions, and our enterprise,” mentioned Dungey in a press release. “This highly effective group will work to redefine the function of the U.S. Networks by fortifying our linear enterprise whereas persevering with to develop a content material engine that feeds Max and creates exhibits that neatly leverage and promote our unparalleled IP.”
Dungey takes over simply as Warner Bros. Discovery introduced plans to separate into two distinct working divisions, one for the linear TV networks and one other centered round manufacturing studios and streaming platforms. Despite the break up of studios from networks, Dungey can have a toe in each divisions as she oversees each the corporate’s studio operations and its TV networks — and now Paul may even be in each worlds.
