Former Amazon execs leave Warner Bros. Discovery after Skydance acquisition

Avi Saxena, CTO of Warner Bros. Discovery, and Tyler Whitworth, chief product officer for its streaming business, are stepping down after Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of WBD on Oct. 6. Both are former Amazon executives; WBD CIO Dave Duvall is also leaving.

• Saxena led Discovery's direct-to-consumer tech and its Bellevue office since 2019
• Whitworth oversaw products for HBO Max, discovery+ and TNT Sports
• Paramount Skydance closed the WBD acquisition on Oct. 6, 2026
• Former Amazon leader Bahadir Onalan returned to Microsoft's CoreAI team