After WGA Strike, David Zaslav Says Writers Were ‘Right About Almost Everything’: ‘So What If We Overpay?’
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav‘s name graced many a picket sign during the Writers Guild of America’s 148-day strike, with everything from his exec comp to content-cutting choices called out in writers’ anti-Hollywood studios jokes.
Now that the work stoppage is over, the writers might consider reexamining their opinion of Zaslav, who concedes the WGA was “right about almost everything.” In a profile published by Wednesday by The New York Times Magazine, Zaslav said he does not regret the concessions that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) made to finally close that tentative deal with the writers union Sept.
24. “They are right about almost everything. So what if we overpay? I’ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset,” Zaslav said.
What’s overpaying? That’s in the eye of the content beholder (exec, writer, talent, audience, etc.), but in the Times story, one example given (and specifically denied to both the Times and Variety by a Warner Bros.
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