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Media Monday: Zaslav’s Choice
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Apr 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Jon Kelly and Peter discuss the inside story behind David Zaslav’s decision to kill off CNN+: the personal beefs, the strategic blunders, the Kilar of it all, and the deeper and more sinister truth… Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t a media company so much as it’s a highly-levered and financially engineered corporate marriage of necessity. Zaz needs another Game of Thrones less than he needs $14 billion in EBITDA and $3 billion in synergies.
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Released:
Apr 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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