Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJason Kilar, currently CEO of WarnerMedia, admitted that he feels disappointed that he will likely be out of the job within a year.AT&T is in the midst of spinning off WarnerMedia to combine it with Discovery, a deal expected to close in mid-2022.
Kilar has told staffers that he will stay at WarnerMedia at least through early 2022.Kilar, speaking at Vox Media’s Code Conference, said that the WarnerMedia CEO job “goes away once the transaction closes.” Asked if he was disappointed he won’t have the chance to continue leading the media conglomerate, Kilar responded, “I’m human, so in that context, yes.”Kilar, the one-time CEO of Hulu, said the last year and half he’s spent leading WarnerMedia has been the most.
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