Tom Ascheim’s Role at Warner Bros. Discovery Also Eliminated – Hollywood Reporter
The cuts at the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery continue to come in.
Tom Ascheim, the former Freeform president who joined WarnerMedia in April 2020, is out at the newly merged company. The exec’s role as president of Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics at WarnerMedia, has been eliminated. Ascheim previously oversaw Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim and Warner Bros. Animation. The exec, who also added oversight of Warners’ Harry Potter franchise and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World properties, will not be replaced.
With Discovery’s Kathleen Finch being handed oversight of WarnerMedia’s linear networks, Ascheim’s role was eliminated. Ascheim is the second WarnerMedia exec to be shown the door following the Warner Bros. Discovery reorganization, with TNT, T...