Discovery announces new leaders for soon-to-be Warner Bros. Discovery.

Discovery introduced a brand new management construction Thursday for the soon-to-be Warner Bros. Discovery media firm, setting the stage for the closing of the mixed firm, which might occur as quickly as Friday.

David Zaslav, the chief government of Discovery who will lead the brand new firm, appointed a lot of his longtime lieutenants to key positions overseeing areas like cable networks, streaming, income, finance, authorized and communications.

Over the previous few days, the departures of most of WarnerMedia’s company leaders, together with Jason Kilar, the chief government of WarnerMedia, in addition to Ann Sarnoff, the pinnacle of Warner Bros., have been introduced.

A number of of WarnerMedia’s chief content material officers will stay of their positions, together with Casey Bloys, the HBO head; Toby Emmerich, the Warner Bros. movie chief; and Channing Dungey, the chairman of Warner Bros. TV studio. They may all now report on to Mr. Zaslav. Chris Licht, who was named the brand new chief of CNN in February, can even report back to Mr. Zaslav.

“At the moment’s announcement combines a robust workforce {of professional} managers in an easier organizational construction, with fewer layers, extra accountability and a singular strategic focus as a worldwide pure-play content material firm,” Mr. Zaslav stated in an announcement. “I stay up for rolling up my sleeves with this workforce in order that, collectively, we are able to write this subsequent thrilling chapter.”

The announcement on Thursday will hardly be the final phrase on issues. Discovery stated that it was nonetheless searching for somebody to run the sports activities division, in addition to a chief variety, fairness and inclusion officer. And as Mr. Zaslav and his Discovery colleagues assume their management positions, extra modifications will seemingly occur within the coming weeks and months.