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NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AT&T. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m submitting these edits to John Stankey’s page to account for some outdated information or other portions of the entry that need clarification or editing. Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration. Jon Gray ( talk) 22:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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John T. Stankey (born 1962) is an American businessman currently serving as CEO of AT&T Inc. [3] and as a member of AT&T Inc.’s board of directors. [4] He previously served as AT&T’s president and COO and was former CEO of WarnerMedia. [5] [6] [7]
Early life and education
Career
In 1985, Stankey took an entry-level position with Pacific Bell [9] which was acquired by SBC Communications in 1996. [10]
Stankey served on the board of directors for UPS from 2014 until 2020. [12] Propose removing “Board Member of UPS” from the Occupation section for accuracy.
In 2018, Stankey was named CEO of WarnerMedia. [13]
On April 1, 2020, AT&T announced that Stankey would be stepping down as CEO of WarnerMedia. Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar assumed the role effective May 1, 2020, reporting to Stankey. [14]
On July 1, 2020, Stankey replaced Randall L. Stephenson as CEO of AT&T Inc.
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John holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from UCLA.
AT&T CEO John Stankey, who previously served as the CEO of WarnerMedia, will step down from the board of directors of shipping and logistics giant UPS. Stankey had been a UPS board member since 2014.
AT&T, the telecommunications giant that has moved into media and entertainment, announced a changing of the guard on Friday. John Stankey, a veteran of the company, will become its new chief executive starting July 1. He will take the reins from Randall L.Stephenson, who has led AT&T since 2007.
He will join AT&T's board in June.
After he was named chief operating officer and president in October, the hedge fund noted with disapproval that Mr. Stankey "would now also be responsible for an additional $145 billion of revenue as the president and C.O.O. of the entire company."
He will join AT&T's board in June.
In his 20 months at the WarnerMedia helm, Mr. Stankey refashioned the division to focus on streaming and dissolved the borders between the conglomerate's separate units.
John holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from UCLA.
Mr. Stankey, a California native, started his career in 1985, at Pacific Bell.
In the first marriage of two regional Bell telephone companies and one of the largest corporate mergers ever, SBC Communications announced yesterday that it would acquire the Pacific Telesis Group for $17 billion.
Mr. Stankey's joined AT&T in 1985 and has 35 years of accomplished leadership spanning nearly every area of AT&T's business. He has served in a variety of roles including CEO of WarnerMedia; CEO of AT&T Entertainment Group; Chief Strategy Officer; Chief Technology Officer; CEO of AT&T Operations; and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions.
AT&T CEO John Stankey, who previously served as the CEO of WarnerMedia, will step down from the board of directors of shipping and logistics giant UPS. Stankey had been a UPS board member since 2014.
One day after completing its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T announced a new name for the media company: WarnerMedia. John Stankey, the new CEO of the company, announced the rebranding and a series of structural changes in an internal memo on Friday afternoon.
Jason Kilar, the founding chief executive of the streaming platform Hulu, will take over for John Stankey, a veteran AT&T executive whohas run WarnerMedia since June 2018, when AT&T assumed control of the WarnerMedia properties as part of its $85.4 billion purchase ofthe Time Warner media empire. Mr. Kilar will report to Mr. Stankey, who will remain as AT&T's president and chief operating officer…The announcement of the change, which goes into effect May 1, comes a month before the scheduled introduction of HBO Max, the company's $15-a-month streaming service that will be the exclusive online home of "Game of Thrones," "Friends" and the Harry Potterfilms.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is stepping down after leading the telecommunications giant for 13 years.The Dallas company named John Stankey as chief executive effective July 1. Stankey, 57, has been president and chief operating officer since October 2019. He joined AT&T in 1985.
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NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AT&T. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. We noticed a claim in the Career section that AT&T laid off 50,000 workers in the US in 2021. Though we don’t dispute the fact that layoffs occurred, the 50,000 number is inaccurate and not found in any of the sources used throughout the article. Due to lack of validation, we propose removing the 50,000 figure from the Career section of the article (second to last sentence).
Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration! Jon Gray ( talk) 19:00, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
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AT&T. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration!
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Thanks for the previous update to the Career section. On further review, we wanted to suggest a couple of additional edits for consideration.
In the third sentence of the second paragraph under the Career section (He earned $22.5 million from AT&T…), we have a sourced figure to provide to replace the ambiguous “tens of thousands” of jobs that were cut during 2020 see below). Also, the latter half of this sentence references jobs lost during the period between 2015-2021. That figure is aggregate of all U.S. AT&T job losses over that six-year span, but Stankey did not take over as AT&T’s CEO until July 2020.
[1] The current wording seems to assign responsibility to him for all job U.S. losses that occurred during that 2015-2021 span, but he did not preside over the entire company for the majority of that timeframe.
To provide an accurate figure for jobs lost in 2020, add sourcing for claims where missing and address the 2015-2021 issue raised above, suggest revising the third sentence in the Career section to read as follows:
He earned $22.5 million from AT&T in 2019 and $21 million in 2020. In 2020, AT&T lost $5.4 billion
[2] and cut 16,000 jobs.
[3]
[4]
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is stepping down after leading the telecommunications giant for 13 years.The Dallas company named John Stankey as chief executive effective July 1. Stankey, 57, has been president and chief operating officer since October 2019. He joined AT&T in 1985.
2020 Net Income Loss Attributable to Common Stock - $5,369 (dollars in millions)
As of January 31, 2020, we employed approximately 246,000 persons.
Number of Employees As of January 31, 2021, we employed approximately 230,000 persons.
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Career
Propose replacing the final sentence of the second paragraph (“In 2021 Stankey oversaw…”) with the following sentences to add sourcing and accurate figures around the sales of DirecTV and WarnerMedia:
In February 2021, Stankey oversaw the sale of a third of AT&T’s stake in DirecTV to TPG Capital for $16.25 billion, a decrease from the original purchase price of $68 billion. [1] [2] Stankey also oversaw WarnerMedia’s sale to Discovery Inc. for $43 billion in cash, plus $59 billion in Discovery, Inc. stock. [3] AT&T paid $85 billion for WarnerMedia in 2018. [4]
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AT&T in February agreed to sell about a third of its stake in DirecTV to TPG Capital in a deal that valued the business at $16.25 billion, well below the $68 billion AT&T had paid for the asset less than six years ago.
The sale is one of the biggest moves yet by John Stankey, who took the reins at AT&T CEO last summer, AT&T lost nearly 3 million video customers last year. It also recorded a $15.5 billion impairment charge it a re-valuation of its domestic video business.
Based on Discovery's stock price on May 14, the day before the transaction was disclosed, those shares would be worth $59 billion. AT&T will get $43 billion in cash, securities and WarnerMedia's agreement to retain $1.5 billion of its debt.
Time Warner is changing its name to WarnerMedia now that its $85 billion deal with AT&T has closed, and Turner CEO John Martin is departing the company, according to an internal memo from an AT&T executive.
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Early life and education:
In the first sentence, it’s stated that Stankey was raised in a Jewish household. However, that information is not in the Los Angeles Times article that’s cited as a source. Without a source to verify that, we propose revising this sentence to read: “Stankey was raised in
Los Angeles, the youngest of three children.
[1]
Done (I made this change before I saw your edit request.)
Re: Early life and education: Stankey most likely isn't Jewish (Loyola Marymount is a private Jesuit uni.), but I just had to again revert someone's edit to the contrary. I'm sure we all can guess why anons would want to present him as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xorometros ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Career:
The second sentence of the Career section’s fourth paragraph reads “Immediately upon assuming control Stankey drove out creative personnel and initiated regular layoffs among WM personnel.” There is no citation for this claim in the article and it seems to be editorialized, so we’d request that an editor either provide a citation that validates it or remove the sentence due to a lack of sourcing.
Done
JSFarman (
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21:46, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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Stankey, 54, was raised in Los Angeles. His father was an insurance underwriter and his mom stayed home to care for their three kids. Stankey, the youngest, attended Loyola Marymount University in the early 1980s, finishing with a degree in finance.
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NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of AT&T. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. I’m suggesting the following edits to clear up unsourced information and improve readability in the Career and Compensation sections. Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration. Jon Gray ( talk) 21:57, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
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Compensation:
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One day after completing its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T announced a new name for the media company: WarnerMedia. John Stankey, the new CEO of the company, announced the rebranding and a series of structural changes in an internal memo on Friday afternoon.
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