Li Haslett Chen, founder and CEO of social-media commerce firm Howl, is stepping down from Warner Bros. Discovery‘s board of administrators to commit herself full time to Howl.

Chen’s exit from WBD’s board is efficient Jan. 31, 2025. Her time period was scheduled to run out on the Warner Bros. Discovery 2025 annual assembly of stockholders.

Chen has served on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery since April 2022, when the media firm was fashioned by means of the merger of Discovery Inc. and WarnerMedia. WBD credited her with taking part in “an vital position in guiding the corporate by means of its strategic evolution” along with her experience in “direct-to-consumer go-to-market methods, multisurface platform improvement and know-how innovation.”

Chen, in a press release offered by WBD, stated, “Previously 12 months, Howl has pioneered strategic partnerships with business main retail media networks and launched an modern new platform. As Howl enters a significant section of progress in 2025, I’ve determined to dedicate my full consideration to the corporate throughout this thrilling time. It has been an honor to serve on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery for the previous three years. I look ahead to seeing Warner Bros. Discovery proceed to thrive.”

In April of this 12 months, Steven Miron and Steven Newhouse resigned from the Warner Bros. Discovery board after the Justice Division knowledgeable them it was investigating “whether or not their service on the Board of Administrators violated Part 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act,” the corporate introduced. Miron, CEO of Condé Nast mum or dad firm Advance/Newhouse Partnership and a senior govt officer on the Newhouse household’s funding enterprise Advance, and Newhouse, co-president of Advance, had been each unbiased administrators of Warner Bros. Discovery.

In September 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced that legal professional Daniel Sanchez, who’s WBD shareholder and board member John Malone’s nephew, was becoming a member of the WBD board efficient Oct. 1, 2024. Sanchez had beforehand served on the board of Discovery Inc.

In line with an 8-Okay submitting Monday with the SEC, Chen notified WBD’s board on Dec. 28 of her choice to resign from the corporate’s board. Chen’s resignation “was not the results of any disagreement with the corporate on any matter regarding the corporate’s operation, insurance policies or practices,” per the submitting.

Samuel Di Piazza Jr., chair of the Warner Bros. Discovery board, stated in a press release, “On behalf of the board, I need to thank Li for her service and appreciable contributions to Warner Bros. Discovery. Li has been an exceptionally engaged and devoted member of the board, bringing distinctive insights and deep know-how experience which have been precious as we have now overseen administration’s strategic progress. We want Li one of the best in her future endeavors.”