{"id":2270698,"date":"2024-06-18T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-press-secretary-to-join-warner-bros-discovery\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:26:39","slug":"former-obama-press-secretary-to-join-warner-bros-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-press-secretary-to-join-warner-bros-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Obama press secretary set to join Warner Bros. Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-obama-press-secretary-to-join-warner-bros-discovery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert Gibbs,\u200b who\u2062 previously served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> for\u200c President\u2063 Barack Obama, has \u200cbeen appointed as the Chief \u2064Communications and Public Affairs Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery.\u2063 He will start his new \u2064role on August 5,\u200d where he will be responsible for overseeing corporate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-department-encryption-keys-found-on-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"Defense Department \u201cEncryption Keys\u201d Found on Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop\">business communications<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-he-will-not-accept-joe-biden-as-president\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich Says He \u2018Will Not Accept Joe Biden As President\u2019\">public affairs<\/a> \u200bfor the company. This move \u200dcomes at a time described \u2062by \u200dthe company as transformative\u2062 for the \u200dindustry, highlighting Gibbs&#8217; suitability for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-pour-cold-water-on-mccarthys-biden-impeachment-suggestion\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans reject McCarthy's Biden impeachment proposal.\">critical \u2063role<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is joining Warner Bros. Discovery as the communications chief for CEO David Zaslav, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/wbd.com\/warner-bros-discovery-names-robert-gibbs-chief-communications-and-public-affairs-officer\/#:~:text=From%202015%20to%202019%2C%20Gibbs,relations%20and%20public%20affairs%20work.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs, who served as former President Barack Obama\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/press-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>press secretary<\/a> from 2009-2011, will begin his new role on Aug. 5, where he will \u201coversee WBD\u2019s corporate and business communications as well as public affairs,\u201d according to the company\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this transformative time in our industry, Robert is the right leader to assume this new, critical global role as we continue to grow the Warner Bros. Discovery brand and presence around the world,\u201d Zaslav said in a statement. \u201cRobert is an insightful and respected leader with experience spanning Fortune 500 companies, the White House, and winning political campaigns. He will be an invaluable part of the team as we create the most captivating stories and content for consumers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs is currently a partner at Bully Pulpit International, a D.C.-based marketing and communications firm. He previously served as the global chief communications officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>McDonald\u2019s<\/a> from 2015-2019 and press secretary for former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kerry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Kerry\u2019s<\/a> 2004 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier to join Warner Bros. Discovery and to help tell the incredible stories of so many iconic brands across entertainment, news, and sports,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cI\u2019m particularly excited to work with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-efforts-continue-in-surfside-fla-following-condo-collapse\/\" title=\"Search efforts continue in Surfside, Fla. following condo collapse\">global team<\/a> to fully and clearly capture WBD\u2019s vision and communicate the meaningful growth potential in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes nearly two months after Warner Bros. Discovery stock <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/4635418-warnerbros-discovery-stock-falls-to-all-time-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fell<\/a> to an all-time low of less than $8 per share amid uncertainty about whether it will maintain NBA broadcasting rights.<\/p>\n<p>The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/19\/business\/media\/david-zaslav-pay-package.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>experienced<\/a> losses of $3 billion last year and $7 billion the year before.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will become the communications chief for Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav starting August 5. Gibbs, who served under President Obama from 2009-2011, will manage corporate and business communications, the company confirmed Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2270699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP100322022508.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP100322022508.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}