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David Zaslav’s Come-to-Jesus Moment

Warner Bros. Discovery’s well-compensated C.E.O. faces the reality of new pressure from Wall Street analysts, box office bombs, a fresh round of layoffs, and no answer for the worsening economics of television, as he contemplates the inevitable: Something big needs to change.

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It’s clear Zaslav knows he needs to do something, and probably quickly. Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
July 19, 2024

Robert Gibbs, the Obama spokesman recently charged with boosting the image of David Zaslav and his Warner Bros. Discovery, starts in the job next week. He’s arriving into what’s known in the high-end corporate communications world as… hmm, what’s the word—right, yes, a “shitshow.”