Jason Kilar Kicks Off WarnerMedia Upfront With “Business As Usual” Promise As Discovery Merger Begins

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Whatever the future hold for Jason Kilar, the current WarnerMedia CEO wasn’t about to let what is surely his last Upfronts pass him by.Kicking off the pre-recorded virtual hootenanny full of Leslie Odam Jr.

Issa Rae, sports, CNN and even a talk show team-up of Bill Maher, Elmo and Samantha Bee, Kilar appeared on-camera to address the corporate elephant in the room,“With the important news made by both our company AT&T and Discovery on Monday, together we will form a new company super serving our advertisers with the promise to unite WarnerMedia’s brands with Discovery’s brands all under one banner,” the executive said, in what was clearly a hastily shot video in the last 24 hours.The $43 billion transaction hit Hollywood after a weekend of