Warner Bros Discovery Fires Network Executive That Tony Khan Was High On

The merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery was seen as a huge thing for a variety of reasons. For the time being, WarnerMedia has been quite happy with AEW’s performance on TNT and TBS. However, they seem to have fired a network executive that Tony Khan was high on.

AEW signed a deal with WarnerMedia, which will finish at the end of next year. For the most part, WarnerMedia has been happy with AEW, despite inconsistent ratings on a weekly basis.

According to a report by Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery has fired several leaders including Jane Latman, Nancy Daniels, Matt Butler, and Scott Lewers. AEW President Tony Khan had given tons of props to Daniels during the AEW Double or Nothing 2022 post-show media scrum.

“I feel really good about Warner Brothers Discovery, to have such strong management. Nancy Daniels, such a strong leader, she was really cool. I flew out to LA and back to meet Nancy Daniels, along with her team. It was some familiar faces and also new faces. It was really exciting. It was my first time at Discovery. What a great thing we have.”

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Here is a small section of the memo sent out by Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. networks chief Kathleen Finch concerning the cuts.

“Over these last eight months as a merged team we have gained a better understanding of our combined business and organizational structure, and it’s become more clear that we need to make additional adjustments for the future as we evolve to a more streamlined operating model. I am announcing a reorganization today that will ultimately enable our business to run more effectively and collaboratively across all the brands and business functions while maintaining our robust culture of content creation and powerful storytelling. Unfortunately, the changes required will include the elimination of some positions within our content teams and of some long time leaders who have been a big part of the company for many years.”

Warner Bros Discovery was also thrilled with the ratings for this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. We will have to wait and see what’s next in store for their current partnership.