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The Latest Breaking News from David Zaslav

WBD Taps Former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Run PR

Warner CEO calls him ‘the right leader’ for the job

Multichannel News

MVP-Less NBA Finals See TV Ratings Crater at a Conspicuous $76 Billion Moment

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we watch the Clippers on TV for the first time ever in June, we try again to figure out how Shane Gillis has an audience … and that’s before Netflix’s ‘Hit Man’ sends us down a Richard Linklater rabbit hole

Broadcasting & Cable

Fox News ‘Weaponizes’ Post-Verdict (and Caitlin Clark) Outrage

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we look for good things that have come out of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and we stridently urge 57-year-old Mike Tyson to just retire already

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We're About to Find Out if TNT Actually Needs the NBA

WBD's CEO David Zaslav believes the company's global sports offering is enough to carry the company ahead.

Sports Illustrated

Zaslav: Warner Is Still a ‘Leader in Sports Around the World’ Without the NBA

Touting European assets like the Olympic Games, the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO sounds like a man moving on from failed NBA TV rights negotiations

Broadcasting & Cable

Charles Barkley Rips TNT Management For Non-Existent Communication Regarding NBA Future

Charles Barkley on TNT bosses: “They’ve done a really s---y job of keeping us abreast.

Sports Illustrated

A New York Times reporter got shut down by every member of Inside The NBA (except Charles Barkley)

Charles Barkley's harsh words for TNT has seemingly kept other panelists from speaking out amid NBA rights negotiations

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Was 'Furiosa's' Fury Maxed Out By Hollywood's Modern, Safer and Saner Workplace Culture?

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we salute joyful NBA legends and super-sizers of media innovation, kick the tires on Paramount's new carriage deal with Charter ... and kick yet more dirt at Zaz

Broadcasting & Cable

CNN Boss Mark Thompson’s Plan Includes More News in More Categories on More Devices (Upfronts)

New verticals on business, tech, health, entertainment could attract sponsors

Multichannel News

Why Roasts Are ‘Vile, Mean, Fascist’ Exercises in ‘Punching Down’ … That Netflix Will Probably Now Want To Do Again and Again

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we rediscover HBO's ‘Hacks,’ the NBC primetime schedule … and basic movie-theater civility

Broadcasting & Cable

New Lord Of The Rings Movie Confirmed For 2026 Release

Warner Bros. announces a new Lord of the Rings movie for 2026, exploring fresh storylines in Tolkien's world. Peter Jackson returns as producer.

Top News

Third NBA Rights Option Emerges for David Zaslav and Warner Bros. — Match Amazon’s $1.8 Billion Bid

While telling analysts he didn’t want to discuss NBA negotiations during Thursday’s earnings call, the WBD CEO did want to remind them he could match any third-party offer

Broadcasting & Cable

Warner Bros. has a few options to keep the NBA — but they won't come cheap

NBC bid $2.5 billion per year to take the NBA package from WBD.

The Street

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Up After Earnings, Disney Plus Bundle Deal

Warner Bros. Discovery shares are higher Thursday after the media giant disclosed Q1 earnings and a bundle deal with Disney. Here's what you need to know.

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Broadcasting & Cable

CEO David Zaslav On How Warner Bros. Discovery Is Using AI

Technology employed to improve advertising, content discovery, not content creation

The Guardian - UK

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film

Film due to release in 2026 to be first in a new series, and will be directed by and star Serkis, who ‘has unfinished business with that stinker – Gollum!’

Multichannel News

Warner Bros. Discovery Reports $966 Million First-Quarter Loss

Direct-to-consumer business adds 2 million subs, with EBITDA up 72%

Total Film

A Gollum movie with Andy Serkis marks first of a new "batch" of Lord of the Rings movies – and Peter Jackson is involved "every step of the way"

Andy Serkis will return to direct and star in The Hunt for Gollum

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Tom’s Guide

Max subscription prices are about to go up again — yup, streaming is becoming cable

Warner Bros. Discovery is still recovering from its merger and more cost cutting measures and price hikes are in the pipeline for the company this year.

Broadcasting & Cable

Warner Bros. Discovery Reportedly Plans To Cut More Jobs and Budgets, Raise Max Streaming Price

Finishing 2023 with more than $44 billion of debt, media conglomerate looks for more appendages to chop off

Broadcasting & Cable

David Zaslav Sidesteps NBA and Paramount M&A Questions at Milken Conference, Bombastically Declares That Exec Pay Should Align With Stock Price

‘We love the NBA,’ the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO said

Broadcasting & Cable

Why Audiences Have Turned on Jerry Seinfeld and Other Mysteries of the Media-Entertainment Cosmos

Our latest ‘Next Text’ also ponders, is the NBA In-Season Tournament dead … like TNT? And when addressing Paramount’s ‘Office of the CEO,’ which set of eyes do you look into?

Broadcasting & Cable

Are Kenny, Chuckster and 'Inside the NBA' Moving to Amazon?

Also in our latest 'Next Text,' we mark our calendars for FX and Hulu's 'Clipped,' break down the latest on the Paramount sale, and we take fixed wireless and cable mobile to the ol' gravel pit where they belong

Broadcasting & Cable

Why Netflix Is Ready To ‘Fly Like an Eagle’

In our latest Next Text, we also celebrate more Steve Miller hits, laud Alex Garland’s trippy ‘Civil War,’ eulogize Participant Media, and wonder what the heck Sony and Uri Berliner are thinking

Multichannel News

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Got 27% Raise to $49.7 Million in 2023

Other top WBD execs also saw their compensation increase

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