AT&T hires former Hulu CEO Kilar to lead WarnerMedia

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AT&T hires former Hulu CEO Kilar to lead WarnerMedia

AT&T announced the appointment of Jason Kilar as CEO of WarnerMedia from 01 May. He was previously the CEO of streaming service Hulu and before that a SVP at Amazon. He will report to AT&T COO John Stankey. 

The appointment comes as AT&T prepares to launch in May HBO Max, its new direct-to-consumer streaming service. Kilar will take over from Stankey, who led the integration of Time Warner in AT&T and served as CEO of the unit since 2017 and before that head of AT&T Entertainment. 

Kilar was CEO of Hulu from its start in 2007 until 2013. He served in several leadership positions at Amazon from 1997 to 2006, including SVP of Worldwide Application Software. Also, Kilar was co-founder and CEO of video streaming service Vessel from 2013 to 2017. Additionally, he served as a board member at DreamWorks Animation (2013-2016) and Univision Communications (2016-2020). 

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