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27-02-2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Refer to DEI Efforts As 'Inclusion' After Trump Mandate
Warner Bros. Discovery is doing away with the term DEI, but says it is still committed to inclusion within its company. In a memo sent to staff Thursday, the company said it plans to continue to tell inclusive and diverse stories and to build an 'inclusive team' through its recruiting and training programs. More from The Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. Discovery Turns $677M DTC Profit for 2024, Streaming Subs Grow to 116.9M Max Pulls CNN and Sports From Ad Tier in Streaming Pivot Max and Tubi Executives Outline U.K. Strategies at MIP London But the company said it is making the change around its language to 'make sure we continue to comply with the evolving legal landscape in the United States and around the world.' The memo, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, was sent by chief inclusion officer Asif Sadiq and chief people & culture officer Jennifer Remling. 'Our overarching work in this space will now be referred to as Inclusion, which Asif's team will continue to oversee. Making this change better aligns our language with our focus throughout our company, in our industry, and across our content,' the memo reads. The company said it will now have a 'uniform and consistent applications progress' across all of its talent programs and will no longer participate in third-party surveys but will 'continue to gather internal data that allows us to understand how our employee base reflects the audience we serve.' The change comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order rolling back government DEI efforts. The Department of Justice said earlier this month that it would direct prosecutors to penalize and eliminate 'illegal DEI' mandates across the private sector. In response, many companies, including Paramount, Disney and Amazon Studios are rolling back their DEI efforts. Paramount said Wednesday that it is getting rid of staffing goals related to race, ethnicity and gender and will stop collecting gender and diversity data for most U.S. job applicants. However, the company also said 'Values like inclusivity and collaboration are a part of the Paramount culture and will continue to be. ' Warner Bros. Discovery also reiterated its commitment to having diverse perspectives. 'Our success absolutely depends on having a team that's truly diverse, reflects all perspectives, and has a culture where our employees feel valued and respected,' the memo reads. 'These have always been our values and that won't ever change.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
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27-02-2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery Renames DEI Group to Focus Solely on Inclusion
Warner Bros. Discovery is joining its competitors in scaling back its emphasis on DEI amid a larger crackdown by the Trump administration. Going forward, the company's overarching work in this space will now be referred to solely as inclusion, according to a memo to staff from chief inclusion officer Asif Sadiq and chief people & culture officer Jennifer Remling. 'Making this change better aligns our language with our focus throughout our company, in our industry, and across our content,' the pair said. 'We're updating the language we use to ensure the intent and impact of our actions are clear; you will see this new approach being updated on as well as on our internal channels.' Warner also said it would have a 'uniform and consistent application process' across its talent programs, including internships, mentoring, and other development programs. Additionally, it will no longer participate in third party workplace surveys, but will continue to gather internal data to understand how its employee base 'reflects the audience we serve.' 'Telling stories that shape culture and engage people all over the world takes a commitment to diverse voices, perspectives and experiences,' the memo concluded. 'Fully representing our audiences is critical to our business, our content, and our culture. We are now, and always will be, committed to ensuring our values underpin how we operate as a company.' In addition to WBD, Paramount said it would change several DEI policies, including no longer using 'use aspirational numerical goals related to the race, ethnicity, sex or gender of hires' or collecting race, ethnicity, sex or gender data for U.S. job applicants except in markets legally required to do so. It also eliminated the DEI metric on its short-term incentive plan, which connected 5% of the program's funding to progress on companywide DEI initiatives. Instead, 10% of the program's fund will be based on its workforce culture and development metric, focused on building a 'high-performing and inclusive culture.' More to come… The post Warner Bros. Discovery Renames DEI Group to Focus Solely on Inclusion appeared first on TheWrap.
