Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Netflix’s prior CCO Rachel Whetstone, who was hired in 2018, departed the post in March.

Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck, a former senior exec at Instacart, Zynga and MySpace, as chief communications officer. Dudeck will assume her new duties in mid-January, she wrote on LinkedIn. Rachel Whetstone,

CEO Greg Peters faced the media and the market fresh off Warner Bros. Discovery reaffirming its preference for the big-red streamer’s $27.75 per share offer for most of Warner’s assets, rather than Paramount’s $30 per share bid for the entire company.

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to a blockbuster deal. Here's what WBD CEO David Zaslav told his employees about the deal and what's next.

The regulatory review process for Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. has already begun, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said in a letter sent to staff early Wednesday morning that TheWrap obtained. The note came on the heels of WBD’s board unanimously voting for shareholders to reject Paramount’s all-cash offer.

Netflix has pointed to The Penguin as a strong example of how future DC stories could be shaped. The company has taken the lead in purchasing Warner Bros. film and television products at 82.

Dudeck joins at a time when Netflix really needs to get its own messaging out there with regard to the Warner Bros. takeover.