{"id":136053,"date":"2024-12-30T22:17:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/warner-bros-discovery-board-member-li-haslett-chen-resigns\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T22:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T22:17:29","slug":"warner-bros-discovery-board-member-li-haslett-chen-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/warner-bros-discovery-board-member-li-haslett-chen-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Discovery Board Member Li Haslett Chen Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/li-haslett-chen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_li-haslett-chen\" data-tag=\"li-haslett-chen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Li Haslett Chen<\/a>, founder and CEO of social-media commerce firm Howl, is stepping down from <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/warner-bros-discovery\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bros-discovery\" data-tag=\"warner-bros-discovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a>\u2018s board of administrators to dedicate herself full time to Howl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChen\u2019s exit from WBD\u2019s board is efficient Jan. 31, 2025. Her time period was scheduled to run out on the Warner Bros. Discovery 2025 annual assembly of stockholders. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChen has served on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery since April 2022, when the media firm was shaped by the merger of Discovery Inc. and WarnerMedia. WBD credited her with enjoying \u201can important role in guiding the company through its strategic evolution\u201d together with her experience in \u201cdirect-to-consumer go-to-market strategies, multisurface platform development and technology innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChen, in an announcement supplied by WBD, mentioned, \u201cIn the past year, Howl has pioneered strategic partnerships with industry leading retail media networks and launched an innovative new platform. As Howl enters a major phase of growth in 2025, I have decided to dedicate my full attention to the company during this exciting time. It has been an honor to serve on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery for the past three years. I look forward to seeing Warner Bros. Discovery continue to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn April of this 12 months, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/biz\/news\/steven-miron-steven-newhouse-resign-warner-bros-discovery-doj-antitrust-probe-1235957036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Miron\u00a0and\u00a0Steven Newhouse\u00a0resigned from the\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0board<\/a> after the Justice Department knowledgeable them it was investigating \u201cwhether their service on the Board of Directors violated Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act,\u201d the corporate introduced. Miron, CEO of Cond\u00e9 Nast father or mother firm Advance\/Newhouse Partnership and a senior govt officer on the Newhouse household\u2019s funding enterprise Advance, and Newhouse, co-president of Advance, have been each impartial administrators of Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn September 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced that lawyer Daniel Sanchez, who&#8217;s WBD shareholder and board member John Malone\u2019s nephew, was becoming a member of the WBD board efficient Oct. 1, 2024. Sanchez had beforehand served on the board of Discovery Inc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to an 8-Ok submitting Monday with the SEC, Chen notified WBD\u2019s board on Dec. 28 of her choice to resign from the corporate\u2019s board. Chen\u2019s resignation \u201cwas not the result of any disagreement with the company on any matter relating to the company\u2019s operation, policies or practices,\u201d per the submitting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSamuel Di Piazza Jr., chair of the Warner Bros. Discovery board, mentioned in an announcement, \u201cOn behalf of the board, I want to thank Li for her service and considerable contributions to Warner Bros. Discovery. Li has been an exceptionally engaged and dedicated member of the board, bringing unique insights and deep technology expertise that have been valuable as we have overseen management\u2019s strategic progress. We wish Li the best in her future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Li Haslett Chen, founder and CEO of social-media commerce firm Howl, is stepping down from Warner Bros. Discovery\u2018s board of administrators to dedicate herself full time to Howl. Chen\u2019s exit from WBD\u2019s board is efficient Jan. 31, 2025. Her time period was scheduled to run out on the Warner Bros. 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