Warner Bros. Discovery to split
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Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting up after just over three years, and Wall Street is cheering. The spinoff will create a slew of new questions.
Zaslav will lead as CEO a new so-called “Streaming & Studios” company made up of WB Television; WB Motion Picture Group; DC Studios; HBO and HBO Max (including its international sports offering); WB Games;
At the end of March, Warner Bros. Discovery had gross debt of $38.0 billion, which is comprised of “total debt” ($37.4 billion) and financial leases ($535 million). The 2022 merger of WarnerMedia (owned by AT&T) and Discovery, Inc. created more than $50 billion of debt.
David Zaslav insisted that Discovery Communications together with what was then called WarnerMedia was more than the sum of its parts. They had a “formidable” lineup of global assets, he said. "When you put us together - Batman,