I t’s been barely four days since Warner Bros. Discovery announced its plan to carve up the company anew, and we already have some idea of what the strategy looks like behind sp

The moves come after the media giant revealed plans to split its global networks and streaming & studios businesses in mid-2026

Four years ago, David Zaslav clinched a debt-heavy deal to merge cable mainstay Discovery Inc. — which he’d run since 2006 — with what was then called WarnerMedia. The story he told investors was that the two entities’ diverse array of media assets “are better and more valuable together.” He doesn’t believe that anymore.