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Warner Bros. Discovery will divide into two separate publicly traded companies, aiming to sharpen focus and maximize the value of its expansive media assets, the company announced Monday.
In a landmark shake-up, Warner Bros. Discovery revealed plans on Monday to split into two distinct publicly traded companies. The strategic move is designed to better capitalize on the company’s wide-ranging media assets by creating more focused operational units.
The first company will consolidate Warner Bros. Discovery’s entertainment-heavy divisions, including Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO, and the HBO Max streaming service.
The second company will house the firm's television and sports businesses, such as CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery+, Bleacher Report, and various European free-to-air networks.
“This restructuring allows each business to operate with more strategic clarity and flexibility, while delivering greater value to shareholders,” the company said in a corporate statement cited by international media.
To support the restructuring, Warner Bros. Discovery will take out a $17.5 billion loan, which it plans to recapitalize before the formal division is completed.
The move marks one of the most significant reorganizations in the media industry in recent years and reflects the growing pressure on legacy media firms to adapt to rapid shifts in audience behavior, streaming competition, and digital transformation.
Heavy snow continued to batter northern and western Japan on Saturday (31 January) leaving cities buried under record levels of snowfall and prompting warnings from authorities. Aomori city in northern Japan recorded 167 centimetres of snow by Friday - the highest January total since 1945.
The United States accused Cuba of interfering with the work of its top diplomat in Havana on Sunday (1 February) after small groups of Cubans jeered at him during meetings with residents and church representatives.
A daylight robbery at a jewellery shop in Richmond, one of London’s most affluent and traditionally quiet districts, has heightened security concerns among residents and local businesses.
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Early voting for Thailand’s parliamentary elections began on Sunday (1 February), with more than two million eligible voters casting ballots nationwide ahead of the 8 February general election, as authorities acknowledged errors and irregularities at some polling stations.
A restored angel in a Rome basilica has prompted political scrutiny after reports that its face now resembles Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Hundreds of torchbearers filled the streets of Lerwick as Up Helly Aa lit the Shetland night.
American rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, has apologised for his past antisemitic remarks in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad, attributing his behaviour to an undiagnosed brain injury and bipolar disorder.
A factory mistake in eastern China has produced an unlikely Lunar New Year bestseller, as a plush horse with an upside down mouth has gone viral among young shoppers.
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