Warner Bros Discovery Stock Rises Amid Streaming-Linear Split Concerns
Warner Bros. Discovery shares climbed nearly 4% as investors cheered the company''s decision to separate its linear cable and streaming content into distinct operations. The move, long anticipated by analysts, triggered Optimism despite lingering questions about execution risks and the firm''s $37 billion debt burden.
Barclays'' top-rated analyst Kannan Venkateshwar warned of potential "operational friction," particularly around restructuring bundled offerings like Max, which currently combines both content types. The transition places linear assets under CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels'' oversight while streaming operations chart their own course.