UPDATED with official announcement: As Deadline reported overnight, Warner Bros Discovery has namedRobert GibbsChief Communications Officer.
He starts August 5, reporting to CEO David Zaslav.
I am thrilled to welcome him to WBD.
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I am looking forward to getting started and being a part of this world-class organization.
The post has been open since January when former corporate communications bossNathaniel Brownexited.
Brown led global communications and media relations and served as the congloms lead spokesperson.
He was a top advisor to President Obama for nearly a decade.
In 2013, he co-founded the Incite Agency, now a part of BPI.
He joins WBD at a rather critical time for the company and the industry.
Warner Bros Discoverys stock is in the tank and debt still high amid a long post-merger restructuring.
There is acting like a decent chance that TNT will lose the NBA.
CEO David Zaslav is routinely called out for his large pay packages and occasional faux pas.
The Hollywood Reporter had the Gibbs news first.
Ted Johnson contributed to this report.
