Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- David Zaslav
- Full Time Employees
- 35,500
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Entertainment
- Address
- 230 Park Avenue South New York City NY United States of America 10003
- IPO Date
- Jul 8, 2005
- CIK
- 0001437107
- Website
- ir.wbd.com
- Similar Companies
- Business
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) operates as a global media and entertainment company, producing and distributing content across film, television, streaming, and gaming platforms. The company maintains two primary divisions: Streaming and Studios, encompassing Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group with Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, and Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Television Group including Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street, and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television; DC Studios and DC Entertainment for DC Comics-based film, series, and media; HBO and HBO Max (rebranded as Max) for premium scripted content, Cinemax, and direct-to-consumer streaming; Warner Bros. Games for interactive entertainment; and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences for theme parks and studio tours; and Global Linear Networks, featuring cable brands such as Discovery Channel, TLC, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, TBS, TNT, TruTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, CNN Worldwide, and TNT Sports with Eurosport and Bleacher Report. It distributes content globally through linear networks, free-to-air and broadcast television, authenticated apps, digital licensing, and subscription services, targeting audiences in over 220 countries and territories with localized operations in regions including Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Latin America, and Poland via hubs like TVN Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery, formed in 2022 from the merger of Discovery, Inc. and WarnerMedia, is headquartered in New York, New York, with key studios in Burbank, California. Recent strategic developments include the June 2025 announcement of a tax-free separation into two public companies by mid-2026—Warner Bros. (Streaming and Studios, led by CEO David Zaslav, incorporating HBO Max expansion to 77 markets and targeting 150 million subscribers) and Discovery Global (Global Networks, led by CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels, retaining linear TV assets and assuming debt)—to enhance focus and value; ongoing review of unsolicited acquisition bids from multiple parties including Paramount Skydance, Netflix, and Comcast as of November 2025, with second-round proposals due by December 1 requesting higher valuations amid a 10% share surge; April 2025 Series D investment of $24 million in FloSports alongside partners like Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments; March 2025 acquisition of a 30% stake in Dubai-based OSN Streaming for $57 million; NBA rights settlement in November 2024 preserving highlights access and international games while sublicensing Big 12 sports from Disney; and divestitures such as selling New Zealand assets to Sky Network Television in July 2025 and completing the All3Media sale in May 2024.
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