Talk:John Stankey

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Edit Request

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 I’m submitting these edits to John Stankey’s page to account for some outdated information or other portions of the entry that need clarification or editing.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)[reply]


Infobox

  • Stankey is listed has having a B.A. in finance from Loyola in the Alma mater section, but his degree is a B.B.A.[1] Propose correcting this entry to reflect the correct name of the degree (B.B.A).
  • Stankey left UPS’ board of directors in November 2020.[2] Propose removing “Board Member of UPS” from the Occupation section for accuracy.

Lead Section

  • The first sentence contains correct information but leads the article off with his former role instead of his current and is difficult to follow. To avoid reader confusion and for sequential readability, we propose splitting the first sentence into two and revising to read as follows (revisions in bold):

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]

  •  Done (Noting that this has already been done)

Early life and education

  • In the third sentence, Stankey is listed has having a B.A. in finance from Loyola, but his degree is a B.B.A.[8] Propose correcting this entry to reflect the correct name of the degree (B.B.A).
  • The fourth sentence (“In 1985, he took an entry level position…”) may be better suited in the Career section as that position at Pacific Bell ultimately led to his career with SBC and AT&T. We propose removing this sentence in this section and have a recommendation on how to incorporate in the Career section.


Career

  • Propose replacing first sentence (“In 1995, after Southwestern Bell Corporation became SBC Communications”…) with the following sentence to add an earlier stop in his path and add clarify relationships between Pacific Bell and SBC Communications. Revised, the first sentence would read as follows (proposed edits in bold):

In 1985, Stankey took an entry-level position with Pacific Bell[9] which was acquired by SBC Communications in 1996.[10]

  • Propose updating the beginning of the second sentence to read “Stankey went on to serve…” to account for the transition from his entry level role to his subsequent role.
  • Propose removing “Inc.” from the mention of AT&T Inc. in the final sentence of first paragraph as Stankey’s roles as CSO and group president were for AT&T, not the holding company AT&T Inc.[11]
  • Suggest revising the third paragraph (“Stankey sits on the Board of UPS.”) to read as follows so it accounts for the timeframe he was active on the UPS board:

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.

  • Propose editing the following sentence (“Since June 2018, Stankey has been the CEO of WarnerMedia which owns…”) to read as follows to account for the fact that Stankey is no longer in that role. Proposed replacement sentence is as follows:

In 2018, Stankey was named CEO of WarnerMedia.[13]

  • Recommend revising the first sentence of the last paragraph for ease of readability and accuracy – proposed new first sentence in this paragraph is as follows (in bold):

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]

  • Since Stankey is now in the CEO role, we propose revising the last sentence of the final paragraph to account for that fact. The proposed revision is as follows (in bold):

On July 1, 2020, Stankey replaced Randall L. Stephenson as CEO of AT&T Inc.[15]

References

  1. ^ "The Path Forward: Bridging the Broadband Gap withAT&T CEO John Stankey". The Washington Post. December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. John holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from UCLA.
  2. ^ "AT&T CEO John Stankey Steps Down From Board of UPS". Hollywood Reporter. November 3, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. 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.
  3. ^ "AT&T Names John Stankey C.E.O. as Randall Stephenson Plans to Retire". The New York Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. 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.
  4. ^ "AT&T names John Stankey CEO as Randall Stephenson retires". Los Angeles Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. He will join AT&T's board in June.
  5. ^ "AT&T Names John Stankey C.E.O. as Randall Stephenson Plans to Retire". The New York Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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."
  6. ^ "AT&T names John Stankey CEO as Randall Stephenson retires". Los Angeles Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. He will join AT&T's board in June.
  7. ^ "AT&T Names John Stankey C.E.O. as Randall Stephenson Plans to Retire". The New York Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.
  8. ^ "The Path Forward: Bridging the Broadband Gap withAT&T CEO John Stankey". The Washington Post. December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. John holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from UCLA.
  9. ^ "AT&T Names John Stankey C.E.O. as Randall Stephenson Plans to Retire". The New York Times. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021. Mr. Stankey, a California native, started his career in 1985, at Pacific Bell.
  10. ^ "2 BELL COMPANIES AGREE TO MERGER WORTH $17BILLION". The New York Times. April 2, 1996. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.
  11. ^ "JOHN STANKEY CEO, AT&T Inc". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.
  12. ^ "AT&T CEO John Stankey Steps Down From Board of UPS". Hollywood Reporter. November 3, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. 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.
  13. ^ "Time Warner unveils its new name: WarnerMedia". CNN Money. June 15, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.
  14. ^ "AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, COO Stankey to take over". The New York Times. April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.
  15. ^ "AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down July 1, to be succeeded by current COO Stankey". USA Today. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021. 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.

Edit Request – Career Section

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)[reply]

 Not done: I have instead changed the claim to 42 thousand and provided a valid source for the claim so it can stay. Melmann 07:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request – Career

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. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks for your time and consideration! Jon Gray (talk) 13:53, 24 June 2021 (UTC) [reply]

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]

References

  1. ^ "AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down July 1, to be succeeded by current COO Stankey". USA Today. April 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2021. 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.
  2. ^ AT&T Inc. (February 25, 2021). Form 10-K ANNUAL REPORT - 2020 (Report). p. 27. Retrieved June 23, 2021. 2020 Net Income Loss Attributable to Common Stock - $5,369 (dollars in millions)
  3. ^ AT&T Inc. (February 20, 2020). Form 10-K ANNUAL REPORT - 2019 (Report). p. 14. Retrieved June 23, 2021. As of January 31, 2020, we employed approximately 246,000 persons.
  4. ^ AT&T Inc. (February 25, 2021). Form 10-K ANNUAL REPORT - 2020 (Report). p. 13. Retrieved June 23, 2021. Number of Employees As of January 31, 2021, we employed approximately 230,000 persons.

Edit Request – Career

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. Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration. Jon Gray (talk) 16:32, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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]

References

  1. ^ "AT&T's DirecTV to become standalone video business". Reuters. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021. 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.
  2. ^ "WarnerMedia Parent AT&T Sells DirecTV Stake To Private Equity Firm TPG". Deadline. February 25, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021. 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.
  3. ^ "AT&T's ill-fated media play cost it both time and money". The Washington Post. May 22, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021. 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.
  4. ^ "Time Warner is changing its name to WarnerMedia, and the CEO of Turner is leaving". CNBC. June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2021. 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.
 Done I inserted the paragraph with expanded citation info and some rewording for clarity. MaryMO (AR) (talk)
@MaryMO (AR): Thank you! Jon Gray (talk) 22:42, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request – Early Life and Education, Career

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. Please let me know of any questions or comments as you review. Thanks for your time and consideration. Jon Gray (talk) 16:36, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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 (talk) 21:46, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@JSFarman: Thank you! Jon Gray (talk) 22:41, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "AT&T's John Stankey hopes to avoid a disconnect in merger with Time Warner". Los Angeles Times. September 7, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2021. 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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Edit Request – Career & Compensation

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)[reply]

Career:

  • The third sentence of the second paragraph (”Stankey then assumed control of the newly acquired Time Warner company…”) is duplicative information seeing as his leadership of WarnerMedia is covered in the sentence that follows. I propose removing this sentence to avoid duplication in the article.
  • Propose revising the first sentence of the third paragraph to read as follows for better readability: “After AT&T acquired Time Warner in 2018, it renamed the company WarnerMedia(WM) and named Stankey CEO.[1]”
  • The final sentence of the fourth paragraph (“As such, in the period between 2015…”) lacks citation and has been tagged as dubious. In absence of a source that can verify this claim, I propose removing this sentence.
  • In the seventh paragraph, the final sentence (“The shareholder action sought to address…”) lacks citation and reads a speculative. As such, I also propose we remove this sentence as well.

Compensation:

  • The claim in the final sentence of this section (“In addition, AT&T executives…”) is unsourced. I propose removing this sentence as well on those grounds.

References

  1. ^ Stelter, Brian (June 15, 2018). "Time Warner unveils its new name: WarnerMedia". CNN. Retrieved December 6, 2022. 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.
 Partly done: I removed the unsourced claims. Your second suggestion would remove information that has encyclopedic relevance and is well-sourced, that would need to be supported by a stronger argument than readability. Actualcpscm (talk) 17:23, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Actualcpscm Appreciate the review and feedback! Thanks. Jon Gray (talk) 21:08, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Customer Service

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