The Warner Bros Motion Picture Group is undergoing 10% cuts in its workforce, we’ve learned. This follows Monday’s news about how leadership is being split between the new Warner Bros and Discovery Global.Layoffs are across marketing, distribution, production, strategy, operations and theater ventures.We hear the cuts have been in the planning since the early part of this year. Leadership assessed what was needed in the current global marketplace, and these strategic changes shift away from a U.S./international management model to a global structure approach. We’ll update you as we hear about the departure of key executives.Warner Bros Discovery made its separation news public in June, with that divide coming in mid-2026. That followed Comcast’s move to spin off NBCUniversal’s cable networks into a stand-alone public company called Versant. The decisions to split up these congloms into two were driven by the desire for increased flexibility amid a decline of legacy linear television.In the new Warner Bros, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav will hold the same title. Bruce Campbell will be Chief Operating Officer; his title currently is Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer. Abdy and De Luca will be co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. James Gunn and Peter Safran will each be co-chairman and CEO of DC Studios. Casey Bloys, currently chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content, will become chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max. Channing Dungey, currently chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and Warner Bros. Discovery’s US Networks, will be Chair & CEO, Warner Bros. TV Group. JB Perrette will be CEO & President of Streaming and Games. Avi Saxena will be Chief Technology Officer, reporting to Perrette. Robert Gibbs will be Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer. A search is underway by Warners for a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief People & Culture Officer exec.It’s not clear yet where Zaslav’s longtime consigliere David Leavy will land and in what role. He departed as COO of CNN Worldwide in May.
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