Jason Kilar was named chief executive of WarnerMedia just last year, but now he is negotiating his departure after being sidelined by David Zaslav, the longtime leader of Discovery.
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By Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling
LOS ANGELES — It’s the law of the Hollywood jungle. The biggest cats win.
It was only last year that Jason Kilar, a digital media executive, was named the chief executive of WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T that includes HBO, Warner Bros. and CNN. In particular, AT&T wanted Mr. Kilar to turn an upstart streaming service, HBO Max, into a Netflix-style powerhouse.
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