Kellner Yields to Three at WB

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Jamie Kellner will step down from The WB Television Network at the end of
this broadcast season, leaving his job to three heirs: Garth Ancier, who will be
The WB’s chairman; Jordan Levin, who will be promoted to CEO
in charge of programming and day-to-day operations of the network; and Jed
Petrick, who will remain president and chief operating officer.

Petrick will continue to head advertising sales, network distribution,
broadcast standards, research, administration, human resources, The WB 100+ and
Kids’ WB!.

Ancier and Levin will report to Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, while Petrick will report to Levin.

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In the meantime, Ancier will serve as the network’s co-chairman along with
Kellner, and will continue to serve as a consultant to Turner Broadcasting System Inc.,
which Ancier left after Kellner quit as chief of Turner’s cable networks in
February.

Levin will be co-CEO through May.

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Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.