Monday’s news that Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies – one consisting of studios and streaming, the other linear TV networks – has cued up Hollywood’s latest succession drama. David Zaslav,

He points out that the AT&T deal that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in the first place helped set the template Zaslav and Wiedenfels are following into the future with Streaming & Studios and Global Networks.

Warner Bros. Discovery will soon break up. David Zaslav is set to oversee studios and streaming while CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels will handle global networks.