Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation have announced a merger as part of the businesses’ “strategic realignment”.
The movement was made on Thursday via a company-wide memo from chairman Channing Dungey and revealed to staff that Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) will be merged in order to consolidate their animation division, with Warner Bros. citing this move as a “strategic realignment” of the company.
Previously, the three animation studios, the third being Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, all shared programming, casting, legal, and business affairs, but now the development and production teams of both WBA and CNS will be merged together.
While the two animation studios will become one, they will retain their labels.
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe will remain a separate team.
All three labels will continue to be headed up by the studios’ President, Sam Register.
