Discovery’s Amy Introcaso-Davis departs as WBD cuts execs at US cablenets

Amy Introcaso-Davis

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has made cuts to its cable division under Kathleen Finch, with Amy Introcaso-Davis among those departing.

The exec, who had been EVP of development & production for factual at Discovery, worked across streamer Discovery+ and Animal Planet.

She joined in January 2020 to work across the cablenet and then took on an expanded remit across the streamer, with credits on shows including Crikey! It’s The Irwins and Shark Academy.

Other exits include Food Network directors of programming & development Gretchen Eisele, Carolyn Gross and Neil Padover, as well as HGTV’s programming exec Paul Lewis.

TLC’s senior director of development Danielle Ostroske-D’Ingillo, who had been with the company for a decade, is also departing. US trade Deadline broke the news.

The reshuffle, which focused on WBD’s US Networks group under Finch, follows ongoing attempts to cut costs at the merged media giant.

Earlier this month, Chris Licht stepped down as CEO and chairman of CNN Worldwide after just 13 months in the role.