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Zaslav’s Hatchet Man Makes His Move   

Redundancies alone won’t solve Warner Bros. Discovery’s $3 billion fiscal problem. Thus arises a more complicated and anxiety-inducing question: Who gets the chop? C.F.O. Gunnar Wiedenfels is starting to drop hints.

Gunnar Wiedenfels
There’s still a long way to go before we get a clear idea about TNT Sports’ new role in the business, but early signs indicate that GunnarCo will remain a significant bidder. Photo: Sven Hoppe/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
April 29, 2022

Is Gunnar coming for you? How about you? I couldn’t help but envision bullseyes as I watched Warner Bros. go to extravagant lengths to show off its extravagant superhero films to the movie theater people on Tuesday here in Las Vegas. It was the same day, coincidentally, that Warner Bros. Discovery, the new parent company, revealed its quarterly earnings in New York, during which its leader, David Zaslav, preached extreme fiscal discipline and promised not to win the content spending war. Conflicting messages, to be sure.