By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Tom Ascheim is headed to WarnerMedia. The former Freeform president has been named President of Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics for Warner Bros.
He will oversee Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, the studios of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros Animation in Los Angeles and will have global responsibility for the Turner Classic Movies channel.
He will take over the newly formed division in the summer, reporting to Warner Bros chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff. The news comes as Ascheim earlier today stepped down as president of Freeform after six and a half years at the Disney network, triggering immediate speculation that he had lined up another job.
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