Monday's news that Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies has fueled chatter about which execs will end up leading the new entities.

The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and studios business into another.

Zaslav and Gunnar Weidenfels detail the blockbuster unbundling of WBD: Decision "reflects our belief that each company will go further and faster apart than they can together."