Richard Plepler is stepping down as chairman and CEO of HBO after almost three decades heading up the premium cable network.
Richard Plepler is stepping down as chairman and CEO of HBO after almost three decades heading up the premium cable network, announcing the news to staff in a memo Thursday.
The now-exiting HBO chief has been with the “Home Box Office” network since 1992, rising to the role of co-president in 2007 and then to his current position as chairman and CEO in 2013.
The news of Plepler’s exit comes one day after the Wall Street Journal reported AT&T — which purchased HBO’s parent company, Time Warner, in a merger last year — and WarnerMedia are considering combining HBO and Turner Entertainment into a single unit, along with the upcoming streaming service, and are in talks with former NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt to oversee it.
The day before, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Greenblatt was being eyed for a top role at WarnerMedia.
