Warner Bros. Discovery President of Content material Gross sales David Decker Takes on Expanded International Function

Warner Bros. Discovery worldwide president Gerhard Zeiler has unveiled an expanded world remit for David Decker, the conglomerate’s president of content material gross sales as the corporate continues to streamline and fine-tune its group. 

“David will, in addition to his home remit, oversee world alternatives for content material licensing to main platform purchasers, like Netflix, Amazon, Roku and Paramount who function worldwide,” he wrote in a workers memo on Friday. 

Phil Goodhew, senior vp, industrial technique, worldwide TV distribution, and Allan Stenhouse, senior vp, worldwide TV advertising and marketing, will now each report back to Decker, Zeiler wrote, explaining: “Phil and Allan will work intently with the worldwide management and native licensing groups, from a industrial technique and advertising and marketing perspective, and can guarantee a easy working rhythm and data stream throughout all of the gross sales groups.” 

The brand new construction for the content material licensing workforce follows the July announcement that Robert Blair, president of WBD Worldwide TV Distribution, can be leaving the corporate.

Added the memo: “For the worldwide content material gross sales offers particularly, I’ve additionally requested Louis Goldstein, senior vp, worldwide enterprise operations to accomplice with David to offer a central coordination function throughout worldwide content material gross sales in an identical method that Louis and his workforce help coordination efforts with our U.S. home counterparts for the worldwide house leisure enterprise.”