I applaud the effort on their parts, but none of them makes the kind of franchisey blockbusters Zas needs to pull WBD out of its financial abyss. They can't do anything for him in terms of directing something he'd want, nor in influencing other directors to boycott the company. It's a noble, if futile, gesture. --Dave Sikula
On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 03:57:35 PM PDT, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: Spielberg, Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson reportedly had a conference call with Zaslav today... hope something comes of this...https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/tcm-layoffs-warner-bros-spielberg-scorsese-paul-thomas-anderson-protest-1234877220/ (link) B Dave Sikula, to moi, June 21st: Not just the GM, but also Charlie Tabish, the chief programmer, Anne Wilson, the vice president of studio production, Dexter Fedor, who was in charge of marketing and creative design (and who was responsible for the unfortunate graphic redesigns of a couple of years ago). and Genevieve McGillicuddy, who basically created the TCM Film Festival. They're all pretty irreplaceable and their loss does not bode well for the network's future. I'd expect that the Festival is dead, given that Charlie and Gen programmed it, and that (if the channel survives) we'll soon see advertising. Meanwhile, Zaslov has made about $400 million in salary. It was not a good day to be a TCM fan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/VGTEfalIi78/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1d060e83-94f8-4634-ac20-44608e4c50b2n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1263024908.2599232.1687403078414%40mail.yahoo.com.