HBO’s boss resigns, raising questions about WarnerMedia’s strategy

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During Richard Plepler's reign as HBO's boss, the television network developed hits such as “Game of Thrones” and generated massive profits

, a television network, called David Simon, creator of “The Wire”, one of its most highly regarded series, on a set in Manhattan. Richard Plepler, boss and public face of, had just announced he was leaving, and Mr Bloys was trying to reassure the talent. The message, Mr Simon says, was to keep going, that “nothing has changed here”., long a powerful fief of creativity under Time Warner, a media group, is now run by, a vast telecommunications company.

In June 2018 it closed its purchase of Time Warner after an antitrust judge approved the merger—a decision upheld on appeal on February 26th.The phone firm could simply have declared thatwould become its global streaming brand—a more prestigious version of Netflix—under Mr Plepler. During his reign as co-president from 2007 and as chief executive from 2013,developed critically-acclaimed hits such as “Veep” and “Game of Thrones” while generating massive profits for Time Warner .

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