Subj : Warner Bros. Discovery's NZ boss Glen Kyne quits
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Date : Wed May 01 2024 01:33 pm

The boss of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in New Zealand Glen Kyne has
resigned.


The network announced that senior director of content Juliet Peterson will
take his place.


In a statement this morning, WBD president James Gibbons said: "Glen has done
an incredible job of navigating industry disruption."


"He has been a popular and calming leader; his leadership of the organisation
through its recent restructure put empathy and kindness at the forefront, two
attributes that everyone who has worked with Glen knows he has in spades."


Kyne says he's proud of the work he's done at WBD but felt that the time was
right for him to step down and allow someone else to lead the newly
remodelled business.


"It has been 10 years now working at Flower St under different ownership
structures but my love for our business, our people, and our industry has
never been stronger.


"Being a part of Discovery and subsequently Warner Bros Discovery, I was
lucky enough to build a true global lens across our ANZ operations, and I've
been honoured to have had many wonderful experiences here that I will never
forget."


It comes after a turbulent few months for the network, with the announcement
that Newshub will no longer exist after July 5.


It means hundreds of journalists and others at the network will lose their
jobs.

Stuff has since agreed to supply a nightly 6pm news bulletin to Three.


"Peterson will assume leadership of the ANZ networks operation from today and
work alongside Kyne through a transition period before he departs on July 5."

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