Communications Personals
AT&T's WarnerMedia appoints Kevin Brockman, from Disney, as executive vice president-global communications, WarnerMedia Entertainment; and in another move by WarnerMedia Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, he extended Kevin Reilly’s contract through 2022; Reilly’s post expands to include all WarnerMedia Entertainment basic cable networks as president, TBS, TNT and truTV, and chief content officer, WarnerMedia direct-to-consumer; truTV President Chris Linn decides to leave.
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