Overview
- Channing Dungey told staff in a memo Tuesday that she and Sam Register have "mutually agreed not to renew his contract" and that he will depart next week when his contract expires.
- Warner Bros. Television Group has opened a search for a permanent successor and named Matt Matzkin to continue leading business operations while creative department heads run their units.
- Register served as president of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe for 18 years after a decade at Cartoon Network and is leaving after roughly three decades with the company.
- Reports stress there is no confirmed link between Register’s exit and Warner Bros. Discovery’s pending acquisition by Paramount, and any connection remains speculative.
- Register is widely credited with shaping modern U.S. animation through initiatives such as Toonami and Adult Swim and by championing creator-driven series, and his departure may change how the studio works with creators and streaming partners.