Jason Kilar and the Future of HBO Max

Thoughts from recent media appearances by WarnerMedia's new CEO

In June 2018, when AT&T completed the $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner, John Stankey was selected to run the company’s media business. Two years later, when it was announced that Stankey would be CEO Randall Stephenson’s successor, the reins of the media business were handed to Jason Kilar. Unlike Stankey, an AT&T lifer who started at the compan…