News Corporation 
The Chernin Group 
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar will keynote Variety’s Dealmakers Elite virtual event on Thursday, December 10. The invite-only business discussion will be moderated by Variety Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller.Since taking the helm of WarnerMedia just seven months ago, Kilar has begun the process of transforming a 97-year-old legacy entertainment company into a present-day enterprise with a focus on streaming and an eye toward “inventing the future.”Kilar recently sent shockwaves through the Hollywood community with ground-shaking news that Warner Bros. would be releasing...
Chernin Entertainment
Peter
Chernin
Chairman / CEO
Chernin Entertainment scored a true hit with “Ford v Ferrari,” which earned $225 million worldwide and placed well at the March 2020 Oscars, coming away with a nomination for best picture and two wins (film and sound editing). The following April, Chernin completed a multi-year first-look feature deal with Netflix, which also acquired its “Fear Street” trilogy based on R.L. Stine’s books. Chernin made headlines in January 2020 when his group sold Barstool Sports for a reported $450 million. In response to COVID-19 and injustice-related protests, Chernin’s businesses set up a matching program for employee donations to pandemic and Black Lives Matter-related philanthropic causes that raised over $2 million in 2020.
