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Warner Media, LLC
WarnerMedia
Formerly
  • Kinney National Company
    (1966–1972)
  • Warner Communications Inc.
    (1972–1990)
  • Time-Warner Inc.
    (1990–2001)
  • Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
    (1992–2001)
  • AOL Time Warner Inc.
    (2001–2003)
  • Time Warner Inc.
    (2003–2018)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Predecessors
FoundedJanuary 10, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-10)
Founders (Warner Communications)
DefunctApril 8, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-08)
FateSpun-off from AT&T and merged with Discovery, Inc.
SuccessorWarner Bros. Discovery
Headquarters30 Hudson Yards, ,
US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jason Kilar (CEO)
  • Andy Forssell (Head of operations, Direct)
  • Ann Sarnoff (Chairwoman and CEO, Studios and Networks; Chairwoman and CEO, Warner Bros.)
  • Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz (CNN interim co-heads)
  • Gerhard Zeiler (CRO; Chairman, International)
  • Tony Goncalves (President, Commercial; CEO, Otter Media)
Brands
RevenueIncrease US$35.63 billion (2021)
Decrease US$7.24 billion (2021)
Number of employees
25,600 (2015) Edit this on Wikidata
ParentAT&T (2018–2022)
Divisions
  • WarnerMedia Studios & Networks
  • WarnerMedia News & Sports
  • WarnerMedia Sales & Distribution
  • WarnerMedia Direct
  • WarnerMedia International
Websitewarnermedia.com
Footnotes / references
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WarnerMedia (formerly known as Time Warner and others) is a multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation. It made and distributes movies, music, books and other forms of entertainment. It owned Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema as filmed entertainment, HBO, TBS, CNN, TNT and Cartoon Network as several television networks and HBO Max as the official streaming service of Warner Bros. WarnerMedia merged with Discovery Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) on April 8, 2022

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References

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  1. "Financial and Operational Schedules & Non-GAAP Reconciliations" (PDF). AT&T. January 26, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  2. Cohen, Roger (December 21, 1992). "The Creator of Time Warner, Steven J. Ross, Is Dead at 65". The New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  3. "Time Warner Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2017 Results (10-K)". Time Warner. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  4. "AT&T Corporate Profile". about.att.com.
  5. "Business Units | WarnerMedia". www.warnermediagroup.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2019.