Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAT&T already a long list of “to-dos” when it comes to WarnerMedia, the big entertainment conglomerate it purchased for $85 billion in 2018.
Now it has to add one more thing to it.Jeff Zucker’s announcement Thursday that he will exit his role as president of CNN, and, presumably, as head of Turner Sports, by the end of 2021 sets another hurdle before the telecom giant and WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar as they strive to broaden consumer use of the streaming-video hub HBO Max and push adoption of 5G technology that will make it all more accessible.As executives work on those goals, they will need the revenue and profit they derive from traditional but out-of-vogue assets like cable networks and movies, long.
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