{
  "id": 3367624,
  "title": "Sam Register to Depart as Head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/sam-register-to-depart-as-head-of-warner-bros-animation-cartoon",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T22:25:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/sam-register-leaving-warner-bros-animation-head-1236843053/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Longtime Warner Bros. animation boss Sam Register is departing the company next week as his contract expires, Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey announced in a memo to staffers this afternoon. Dungey said she and Register “mutually agreed not to renew his contract,” and that he will be exiting his long-running role as president […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Sam Register to Exit as Head of WB Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/sam-register-to-exit-as-head-of-wb-animation-cartoon-network-studios",
        "published": "2026-08-25T23:09:59.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}