With AT&T's WarnerMedia-Discovery deal, Jeff Zucker poised for a comeback

Jeff Zucker spent last year in a box. Heading into 2020, the CNN president was considered the top internal candidate to take over as chief executive of AT&T's WarnerMedia, according to several company insiders. It would be a major promotion to the top of one of the biggest media companies in the business, overseeing a portfolio that included Warner Bros., HBO and Turner, as well as the cable news channel he had stewarded.