David Zaslav Archives

Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav and his leadership team have handled (or mishandled, as Barkley sees it) negotiations with the NBA If WBD isn't able to carve out a deal of some kind, then the company not only says goodbye to the NBA beginning with the 2025-2026 season but also to one of the best[...]

Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav and Zaslav's leadership team regarding how they've been handling (or mishandling, as Barkley sees it) negotiations with the NBA Reports are that WBD is inching closer to losing its NBA broadcasting rights for the 2025-2026 season – with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon seen to be the major players now But[...]

But WBD CEO David Zaslav won't just be losing the NBA games – he will also be saying goodbye to one of the best coverage shows in all of professional sports – TNT's Inside The NBA with Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith. Referring to the company's top leaders as "fools" and the "clowns[...]

Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav after the official merger of the company back in 2022 – confident in the broad array of sports programming that it had aat the time Well, a lot has happened across the television landscape since then – especially in terms of rights to televise professional sports leagues And now, it[...]

Discovery's big Wall Street "dog-and-pony show," we were expecting a whole bunch of updates from WBD CEO David Zaslav and his crew on a whole number of projects (like Superman: Legacy, for example) For "Harry Potter" fans, that meant an update on the company's series adaptation of author & executive producer J.K Rowling's popular series[...]

Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav and Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish met in New York City on Tuesday for several hours to discuss ways the two companies could work closer together – including a possible merger So could we see Warner Bros Discovery end up becoming the home of DC Studios and the "Star Trek"[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav, FX's Alien, BBC's Doctor Who, Peacock's Ted, Netflix's The Sandman, Taylor Swift/Joe Rogan, Maximum Effort's Discontinued, Smallville, Hulu's The Orville, FOX "News"/Sean Hannity, and more! Images/Screencaps: Spotify, The CW, SNL, Shutterstock.com, Comedy Central, Peacock, BBC, Netflix, Marvel Studios BCTV Daily Dispatch: Saturday Night Live, Elon Musk/Disney, Marvel Zombies, Bob Iger/David Zaslav, Doctor Who, Ted, The Sandman, Taylor Swift/Joe[...]

Discovery (WBD) CEO David Zaslav, that was a move that "took real courage" – as were all of the moves over the past two years that saw finished films & series being shelved for tax write-off purposes as Zaslav (and others) looked to course-correct some really bad decision-making when it comes to streaming. LOS ANGELES –[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s Loki, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Shadow and Bone, Prime Video's Wytches, NBC's Night Court, Paramount+'s Frasier, Univision/Donald Trump, NBC's Law & Order, Disney+'s Wonder Man, Friends/Matthew Perry, Paramount+'s SEAL Team, Disney+'s What If…?, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, WGA/David Zaslav, Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus, BBC's Doctor Who & more! Images/Screencaps: SNL, Netflix, Shutterstock.com, HBO, Marvel[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav With the strike coming to an end at the end of September, the tentative agreement between the writers' union and AMPTP was officially ratified on October 9, 2023 (more on that in a minute) A little more than a month later – and still hearing about it in the press over[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FXX's What We Do in the Shadows, Ron DeSantis & Peaky Blinders, AEW/WWE, Miranda Sings, The Venture Bros, Babylon 5, Metalocalypse, SDCC 2023, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Disney+'s Agatha: Coven of Chaos, WBD CEO David Zaslav & GQ Magazine,[...]

If nothing else, no one can claim that David Zaslav's run as CEO of Warner Bros Discovery has been a quiet, boring one And it appears it got a little less quiet and a lot more "interesting," with The Washington Post reporting that GQ Magazine made extensive edits to – and eventually removed – an[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav was less than thrilled with The Atlantic article – so much so that Licht attempted damage control on a morning editorial call earlier this week In addition, David Leavy (an ally of Zaslav's) was brought aboard as CNN's new chief operating officer, overseeing marketing, public relations, advertising sales, facilities, and additional[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav was less than thrilled with The Atlantic article – so much so that Licht attempted damage control on Monday morning's 9 am editorial call In addition, we learned that David Leavy (an ally of Zaslav's) was being brought aboard as CNN's new chief operating officer, overseeing marketing, public relations, advertising sales,[...]

Discovery's combined HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service was being tested began to get louder. Though a WBD spokesperson would only say that a name is being considered and that the sources say the name is still being checked by WBD's legal team, all signs were pointing to WBD CEO David Zaslav taking things to the "Max" in[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav is over the weekend Zaslav's the kind of leader who wants his people to know that he feels their pain So when CNN CEO Chris Licht spent most of last week still getting lit up in the press & on social media for the infomercial he gifted Donald Trump earlier this[...]

Discovery head David Zaslav & his crew to start talking numbers and start talking up the future On the numbers side, the streamer saw a boost in global streaming subscribers of about 1.5 million as compared to the end of last year (97.6 million, up from 96.1 million) In addition, streaming went from a loss[...]

Discovery (WBD) head David Zaslav where it seemed pretty clear that the actor is going to have a future with DC Studios (more on that below) So what did we learn from all of that? Aside from the obvious, Momoa is pumped over the "great" news he received, that is? Okay, a few things… Image: DC[...]

Discovery head David Zaslav and his team But then we have instances where we don't have to do too deep a dive to figure out that some big news is on the way And that brings us to Jason Momoa, whose sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is set to hit screens on December 25th[...]

Discovery head David Zaslav's reported frustration with Netflix's payment terms was further enflamed by the recent renewal of the comic book series adaptation, and may have factored into the delay in a decision. The Sandman Tom Sturridge as Dream in The Sandman Cr Courtesy of Netflix © 2021 Though it's a practice that the streamer implemented years[...]

With James Gunn and Peter Safran at the helm to launch DC Studios, dramatic changes continue under David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery The latest casualty is Wonder Woman 3, which was to be Patty Jenkins' third film in the franchise with star Gal Gadot, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel project[...]

Discovery and DC Studios, we think it might be better if the heads of the latter (James Gunn and Peter Safran) did more of the talking and maybe the head of the former (David Zaslav) stick more financials and business "bigger picture stuff." During a conversation hosted by RBC on Tuesday morning, Zaslav covered a[...]

And that David Zaslav, the CEO of the combined Warner Bros Discovery is looking at "turning DC into its own solidified content vertical". DC Logo What does this mean? Is this a new phrase for DC's vertical webtoon comics? Probably not But right now Warners has made or licensed DC TV shows for other companies, rather than[...]

On Tuesday, Discovery chief David Zaslav announced during a company town hall with WarnerMedia employees what the name of the entity will be Drum roll, please? Please say hello to… Warner Bros Discovery "The Warner Bros Discovery name will honor, celebrate and elevate the world's most-storied creative studio in the world with the high quality,[...]