Warner Bros. Discovery's history dates back more than two decades to the ill-fated merger of AOL and Time Warner in 2001. At the time, the $165 billion deal was hailed as the future of digital ...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s announced separation follows the industry’s latest M&A trend. In this case, separation is easy. Successfully shaping what comes next is the hard part.

Warner Bros. Discovery plans to separate into two companies, focusing on streaming and studios and global networks, by mid-2026.

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies: What to know David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, seen here in 2023, will oversee the company’s studio assets when it splits in two.

After Warner Bros. Discovery stock popped as much as 13% on the split-up announcement, shares ended down 3% for the day on June 9. It’s bounced back since then, up 5% compared with the June 6 ...

Subscribers to the company’s flagship streaming service, Max, watch HBO content, studio movies and older Warner Bros. series — and little else. By John Koblin Two years ago, the proposition ...

It’s Not You, It’s WB: A Brief History of Warners’ 21st Century Mergers and Breakups The pending split of Warner Bros. Discovery will be the third undone merger for the media giant since 2009.

Warner Bros. Discovery has fallen further into junk status after announcing it will split its Global Networks and Studios & Streaming businesses into two separate companies by mid-2026, all while ...

The move announced Monday morning (the press release arrived in my inbox at 7:03 a.m.) can be interpreted as an acknowledgement that Discovery’s merger with Warner Bros. in 2022 into one big ...