Talk:Richard Plepler

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I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Richard Plepler, I am requesting the following highlighted portions be added to the lead section to better summarize the most important contents of this page.


 * Richard Plepler (born 1960) is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.  After 27 years, on February 28, 2019, it was announced that Plepler was leaving HBO.


 * In 2020, Plepler launched Eden Productions and announced an exclusive multi-year content deal with AppleTV+ to make television series, documentaries, and feature films.

NinaSpezz (talk) 15:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

✅ with some slight edits Cmccarthy215 (talk) 23:16, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

HBO Career
I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Richard Plepler, I am requesting the following highlighted portions be added to the Biography section to better flesh out Plepler’s career at HBO. I am proposing the removal of Strike Back from the list of series launched during Plepler’s tenure as HBO co-president as it aired on Cinemax in the U.S.


 * Plepler later moved to New York City in 1984 where he opened a public relations firm and produced a series of interviews for The Atlantic magazine and a documentary on Israel and the Palestinian conflict.


 * Plepler joined HBO in 1992 at a time when the channel was known for airing movies and premium sporting events. He began his career at HBO as head of communications and rose through the ranks.


 * In 2007, he was appointed and served as co-president of HBO with Michael Lombardo until 2013 during which time HBO began production on launched Emmy Award winning series including Game of Thrones, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Veep, and The Newsroomand Strike Back. Plepler initially joined Time Warner in 1992. In 2013, hePlepler was appointed as the chairman and CEO of HBO.

NinaSpezz (talk) 14:52, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughtful edit request. I largely agree with the stylistic fixes and some of the content; thank you for the sources, too. Unfortunately, parts of the edit request read like a puff piece and were not included in my edit. I also didn't see the need for the removal of the blurb about Time Warner, so I relocated it where it was context-appropriate. If you have further suggestions, please open a new edit request using the same template. Alex Eng ( TALK ) 05:15, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Richard Plepler, I am requesting the following highlighted portion be added to the Biography section to better flesh out Plepler’s career at HBO.


 * In 2013, he was appointed as the chairman and CEO of HBO. During that time, HBO launched True Detective, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Big Little Lies. Under Plepler's leadership, the network won more than 160 Emmys; grew HBO and sister channel Cinemax by nearly 40 million subscribers; and increased HBO channels’ revenue by $2 billion, a 40% increase. Plepler led the launch of HBO on digital platforms such as Amazon and Hulu and created the standalone, direct-to-consumer streaming service HBO Now, which positioned HBO to be competitive as the market for online apps for TV viewing became more prominent.


 * On February 28, 2019, Plepler announced that he was leaving HBO...

In addition, the birth year in the lead sentence as well as the infobox, 1960, is incorrect. Plepler was born in December 1958. The citation used for 1960 was published in September 2012 and stated Plepler was 53.

NinaSpezz (talk) 16:45, 24 June 2021 (UTC)


 * You were helpful in partially implementing a requested edit I made recently. Hoping you might be able to weigh in on my latest request, above. NinaSpezz (talk) 16:00, 14 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ Note that I did some work tweaking wording, such as removing half of the final sentence ("which positioned HBO to be competitive as the market for online apps for TV viewing became more prominent") as that seemed a little more promotional rather than descriptive.  Spencer T• C 22:53, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

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