I got to talk all things media with Jason Kilar in his first public interview since leaving WarnerMedia for The Wall Street Journal Future of Everything.
A few interesting tidbits:
-he is working on a top secret project with some former Hulu OGs
—he doesn’t think Warner will be a standalone

English Patience (Dylan Byers - Puck) redef.com/item/664cfbb3f…

Meta dilemma for NYT/WSJ/etc is the moment they declare the trend is very often the precise moment the trend dies, by virtue of being declared a trend by them.

“Condé sources say Drucker Mann had spent several years chafing under Lynch’s leadership,” Dylan Byers writes.

Read Dylan’s post-game report on what really went down with C.R.O. Pam Drucker Mann’s exit from Condé Nast: puck.news/pam-drucker-ma…

🎙️ NEW POD: The CNN-ABC Debate Coup, with Peter Hamby >> open.spotify.com/episode/4MDpCw…

The sports streaming JV from Disney/Warner Bros. Discovery/Fox has a name...

News: Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI has completed its acquisition of All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global. “At £1.15 Billion, this was RedBird IMI’s largest completed transaction to date.”

NEW Puck: No Country for Old Mann: News and notes on the latest storylines coursing through the industry: CNN’s debate coup, NBC’s internal frustrations, and a Condé Nast departure. puck.news/pam-drucker-ma…

+ MORE Puck: ABC's DAVID MUIR and LINSEY DAVIS will moderate the second presidential debate on Sept. 10.

SCOOP Puck: CNN's JAKE TAPPER and DANA BASH will moderate the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on June 27.

Full details & more scoops in tonight's edition of In The Room. Subscribe here: puck.news/newsletters/in…

New Puck: CNN C.E.O. Mark Thompson received confirmation that both Biden & Trump had accepted debate offer while he was standing backstage at $WBD upfronts this morning. Network rewrote his closing remarks to include the news, which he read on stage.

Sincere congrats to CNN & ABC

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CNBC/Faber: Sony rethinking its bid for Paramount.... reuters.com/business/media…

Is it still an exclusive if I reported it an hour earlier? x.com/dylanbyers/sta…

#BREAK : Condé Nast Global C.R.O. Pamela Drucker Mann is leaving the company after 16+ years, another blow to a publishing giant struggling with shifting strategies and internal dysfunction.

Full details in the next edition of Puck’ In The Room: 
puck.news/newsletters/in…

Here’s the pitch the TV guys are making to advertisers in New York this week: If you add up our shrinking TV networks and our streaming, we’re not completely screwed (just ignore YouTube eclipsing everyone but Disney):