David Levy, who is leaving his post as president of Turner after a nearly 33-year run at the company, sent a farewell memo this morning that brims with the executive's trademark sales-and-sports brio.
The other shoe has dropped at WarnerMedia, with word emerging that Turner chief David Levy will exit. The news landed on the same day that HBO chief Richard Plepler also announced his exit.
It's an end of an era at HBO as longtime chairman and CEO Richard Plepler is leaving the company after three decades. He informed HBO staff of his decision in an internal memo (read it below).
HBO chief Richard Plepler issued a firm response to Charlie Ergen, the CEO of Dish Network who held forth at length during Dish's third-quarter earnings call about the current impasse with the AT&T-owned premium network.
HBO named Jessica Holscott executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Joe Tarulli, who is retiring at the end of the year.
AT&T executive-turned-head of Warner Media John Stankey spoke at a town hall in New York and addressed the changes to come for HBO after the $85.4 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner.
Living up to its old swaggering slogan, "It's not TV, It's HBO," the premium cable network drafted some of its biggest stars to welcome the new boss.