The April Fool’s Day announcement that Hulu alum Jason Kilar had been named CEO of WarnerMedia surprised many within the company.
In his new role, Kilar will oversee all of the entertainment units acquired by AT&T in its 2018 deal for TimeWarner — including Warner Bros., the Turner cable channels, and HBO.
Kilar’s experience at the intersection of technology and entertainment — he was a senior VP at Amazon prior to a five-year stint atop Hulu, after which he founded the streaming service Vessel — would appear to match AT&T’s needs as it prepares for the May launch of SVOD play HBO Max.
But the timing of Kilar’s announcement raised some eyebrows internally. One insider told Variety that expectations had been that a replacement for John
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