Discovery CEO David Zaslav tried to drum up enthusiasm for the company’s upcoming merger with WarnerMedia, a deal that needs a little love given the ho-hum stock prices of both companies involved s…
, a deal that needs a little love given the ho-hum stock prices of both companies involved since it was announced last May with a very long lead time — not expected to close until the middle of next year.HBO Max
“We are modulating it. We are being careful,” he said. “We have a lot of subscribers. Warner has a lot of subscribers… We want to be thoughtful. We don’t want [it] to be confusing” when the two come together. He showered kind words on Warner Bros. motion pictures business. He’s at meetings this week in LA with Warner brass. “I met with 50 people over the past week. I ask them, ‘Whey did you come here? They came here because of the motion pictures business, because of the magic of going to the movies … That’s why they are here.”
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