Warner Bros. Discovery has figured out its new leadership for its U.S. cable networks. Warner Bros. Television President Brett Paul and Howard Lee, who is President and Head of Content for TLC and Discovery, have gotten new roles as part of the move, which comes after Kathleen Finch revealed she was retiring.
Finch is retiring at the end of the year as Chairman and CEO, U.S. Networks, with Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman and CEO Channing Dungey taking over leadership of this unit.
One slightly difficult element to all of this is that Warner Bros. Discovery earlier this month created a new corporate structure, separating linear networks from streaming and studios.
Given that Dungey runs the TV studio, it means she will have separate corporate reporting lines, a move one insider called “slightly complicated.” Paul will serve as Chief Operating Officer for U.S.
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