Deals
Discovery Chief Zaslav Chooses Post-Merger Leadership Team
- CEO confidants to run business; Warner team focuses on content
- Perrette to oversee streaming services while Finch leads cable
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Discovery Inc. has chosen the team that will run its business once it completes its megamerger with WarnerMedia, a deal that will transform Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav into one of the biggest players in Hollywood.
Jean-Briac Perrette, a longtime lieutenant of Zaslav, will run the company’s streaming businesses, Discovery said in a statement Thursday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. Bruce Campbell will take a new role as chief revenue and strategy officer, with a portfolio that includes U.S. advertising sales, distribution revenue and content licensing.