Overview
- Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey told staff Tuesday that she and Register “mutually agreed not to renew his contract” and that he will depart next week when the contract expires.
- Matt Matzkin will continue to run business operations and current creative heads including Jay Bastian, Jason DeMarco, Audrey Diehl, Sarah Fell, Peter Girardi and Sammy Perlmutter will lead their departments during the transition.
- Register led Warner Bros. Animation for 18 years and spent more than three decades inside the Cartoon Network/Warner organization, helping launch and sustain blocks and brands that shaped modern U.S. animation.
- Coverage notes but does not confirm any direct link between Register’s exit and Warner Bros. Discovery’s pending acquisition by Paramount, leaving corporate motive unverified.
- Register’s tenure included moves that changed how animated shows are placed and distributed, such as licensing projects to outside streamers, a shift that future leadership could either continue or rework.