On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM Paul Murray <pmurra...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> To be clear, if you compare the original and revised versions of the > column, there are no factual differences, only a less aggressive tone. So > the WBD spin is BS. > > Major ethical faceplant by GQ on this one, especially in light of the > Variety story. > > And whoever at WBD thought complaining to GQ would improve the situation > should read up about the Streisand Effect. > > Seriously, has Zaslav accomplished anything positive since the merger? > I can’t find the article now, but one industry insider said Zaslav’s actions are the equivalent of using a thimble to bail water out of a rapidly sinking boat. I liken it to the TV executives who cancelled all the folksy/western TV shows all at once in the 1970s. As a long term business decision, it was probably a good idea, but from a PR standpoint, it offended a sizable chunk of the viewing population, and decades later, people still cite its narrow-mindedness in communications and media classes. Zaslav is saving money for his company in the long term. What remains to be seen is whether his decisions will lead to the complete breakdown of his company in the short term. > > On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 7:21:57 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > >> All this is just about what we would expect to have been going on behind >> the scenes if this incident. I think the story though is that the original >> piece was if anything too soft. The allusion to Pretty Woman is entirel >> accurate, but does not clearly enough make the point that Zas is not so >> much making cuts to save the company by making it profitable, but a >> premeditated strategy to obscenely increase his own personal wealth. That >> is the Ricard Gere character, but I don’t think most readers would have >> fully gotten the point. >> >> On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 2:44 PM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Then there’s this… >>> >>> >>> https://variety.com/2023/film/news/gq-editor-david-zaslav-story-producing-movie-warner-bros-1235662109/?fbclid=IwAR02XT2Kn5o5wvv3ZZy_EHKO8EfyucsunEFc9pPewa_TR0XSS4ClMgeUuYU_aem_AVE8Q8qr0Qd7-dkxdfnvFYvqGw3AldB3VU5puY8wsjeQC4OlQ7Fg7Wgd1cLpwQau_g0&mibextid=Zxz2cZ >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:32 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The article was poorly edited. WBD kvetched, and GQ pulled. >>>> >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/business/media/gq-david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery.html >>>> The Newhouse family, which at one time co-controlled Time Warner Cable, >>>> still hold Condé Nast, parent of GQ. >>>> B >>>> >>>> JW, July 4th: >>>> >>>> Make of it what you will, but this column seems to have come and gone >>>> from GQ's website. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://archive.ph/2023.07.03-160323/https://www.gq.com/story/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-tcm-max >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc6b7fe9-501a-4de4-bef3-c46fb25135c7n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc6b7fe9-501a-4de4-bef3-c46fb25135c7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AC_q0C%3D6iYAGSFfUD7M9zpMXcF5fGmSnTb_yfKzpUjwA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AC_q0C%3D6iYAGSFfUD7M9zpMXcF5fGmSnTb_yfKzpUjwA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> > -- > 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/4fa79d27-77e7-41f4-954d-45caab03bb7cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4fa79d27-77e7-41f4-954d-45caab03bb7cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4CkHvT%3DhbXK8qO3Rtvd%2BVKH7WgGFWRAnYsvzJ6XT0R4WA%40mail.gmail.com.
