AT&T Taps Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar to Run WarnerMedia
- Executive will oversee launch of HBO Max streaming service
- Kilar brings digital experience to traditional media company
Jason Kilar in 2011.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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AT&T Inc. named Jason Kilar the new head of WarnerMedia, placing a technology veteran atop the entertainment company before the launch of its new streaming service next month.
Kilar, the former head of online video company Hulu LLC, will become chief executive officer of WarnerMedia on May 1. He will report to John Stankey, AT&T’s chief operating officer, who had held Kilar’s new role.