TCM to Be Overseen by Warner Bros. Pictures Bosses Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy
thewrap.comlayoffs of several other members of the network’s top brass amid cuts of 100 staffers across Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group, led by chairman and chief content officer Kathleen Finch.
Following Changnon’s departure on Tuesday, Finch said in a memo to staff that Michael Ouweleen, the president of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Discovery Family and Boomerang who had previously run TCM on an interim basis for eight months in 2019 and 2020, would take oversight of the network.Just hours later, TheWrap exclusively reported that TCM’s senior vice president of programming and content strategy Charles Tabesh, vice president of studio production Anne Wilson, vice president of marketing and creative Dexter Fedor and TCM Enterprises vice president Genevieve McGillicuddy were leaving the company as well.
The news of the executive exits sent shockwaves among fans of the TCM brand, both in the industry and the general public.On Wednesday, Warner Bros.
Discovery CEO David Zaslav called a meeting with directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson to discuss the future of the movie channel. “Turner Classic Movies has always been more than just a channel.
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