But of course this is the point of the Pretty Woman analogy; he literally does not care about the long term health of his company (at least of the non-Discovery parts). He has already made almost $200 million, and will make a lot more if he can cut enough debt, the sell the pieces.
On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 12:12 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM Paul Murray <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> To be clear, if you compare the original and revised versions of the >> column, there are no factual differences, only a less aggressive tone. So >> the WBD spin is BS. >> >> Major ethical faceplant by GQ on this one, especially in light of the >> Variety story. >> >> And whoever at WBD thought complaining to GQ would improve the situation >> should read up about the Streisand Effect. >> >> Seriously, has Zaslav accomplished anything positive since the merger? >> > > I can’t find the article now, but one industry insider said Zaslav’s > actions are the equivalent of using a thimble to bail water out of a > rapidly sinking boat. > > I liken it to the TV executives who cancelled all the folksy/western TV > shows all at once in the 1970s. As a long term business decision, it was > probably a good idea, but from a PR standpoint, it offended a sizable chunk > of the viewing population, and decades later, people still cite its > narrow-mindedness in communications and media classes. > > Zaslav is saving money for his company in the long term. What remains to > be seen is whether his decisions will lead to the complete breakdown of his > company in the short term. > > >> >> On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 7:21:57 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: >> >>> All this is just about what we would expect to have been going on behind >>> the scenes if this incident. I think the story though is that the original >>> piece was if anything too soft. The allusion to Pretty Woman is entirel >>> accurate, but does not clearly enough make the point that Zas is not so >>> much making cuts to save the company by making it profitable, but a >>> premeditated strategy to obscenely increase his own personal wealth. That >>> is the Ricard Gere character, but I don’t think most readers would have >>> fully gotten the point. >>> >>> On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 2:44 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Then there’s this… >>>> >>>> >>>> https://variety.com/2023/film/news/gq-editor-david-zaslav-story-producing-movie-warner-bros-1235662109/?fbclid=IwAR02XT2Kn5o5wvv3ZZy_EHKO8EfyucsunEFc9pPewa_TR0XSS4ClMgeUuYU_aem_AVE8Q8qr0Qd7-dkxdfnvFYvqGw3AldB3VU5puY8wsjeQC4OlQ7Fg7Wgd1cLpwQau_g0&mibextid=Zxz2cZ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:32 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The article was poorly edited. WBD kvetched, and GQ pulled. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/business/media/gq-david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery.html >>>>> The Newhouse family, which at one time co-controlled Time Warner >>>>> Cable, still hold Condé Nast, parent of GQ. >>>>> B >>>>> >>>>> JW, July 4th: >>>>> >>>>> Make of it what you will, but this column seems to have come and gone >>>>> from GQ's website. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://archive.ph/2023.07.03-160323/https://www.gq.com/story/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-tcm-max >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc6b7fe9-501a-4de4-bef3-c46fb25135c7n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc6b7fe9-501a-4de4-bef3-c46fb25135c7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kevin M. 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