Zaslov continues destruction, next TCM

[Nululu]

Zaslav's destruction continues. After CNN HBO coming for TCM

He Made a Mess of CNN. Now He’s Ruining Turner Classic Movies Too.David Zaslav, whose Chris Licht hire butchered CNN, is vandalizing TCM, a beloved cultural icon.

Zaslav had spent most of the previous year taking heavy criticism for the way he was running the company, slashing budgets and jobs, shrinking streaming libraries, and even shelving nearly finished movies so they could be used as tax write-offs. His efforts to make CNN more appealing to conservative voters had bombed spectacularly, cratering the network’s ratings

https://newrepublic.com/article/173899/made-mess-cnn-now-hes-ruining-turner-classic-movies-too

[PortTack]

1. Geez really sad. What's he got against TCM?

[ShazzieB]

2. Nooooooo! Don't ruin TCM!

This makes me really sad. Like you said, TCM is a cultural icon. I sure hope it can survive this.

[Tomconroy]

3. He got rid of some executives but told Steven Spielberg and

Others he has no intention of changing the basics of TCM.
Will wait and see.

It is a reminder though of what an incredible media visionary Ted Turner was.

[badhair77]

4. This is typical of today's conservative.

Tear things apart, take what is already built and dismantle it. They never build anything, they just destroy.

[Kid Berwyn]

14. They sell what they destroy.

Never building, always profiting.

[vercetti2021]

5. Ruined HBO Max completely

"Max" is a total fucking shitfest app now. Conservatives always kill what they own

[Nululu]

8. Agree. Front page and menu unuseable

Future content socks. Mostly sad naval gazing & Discovery shows

[Iggo]

13. Go to the top. Click over to the right a couple spots. Click "HBO". All the Discovery shit is gone.

Sometimes a body has to “press 1 for English” in life. It ain’t the end of the world.

[Nululu]

16. The new Frontpage sucks. Changing hubs won't fix it.

[themaguffin]

6. Spielberg, Scorsese and others met with him to save TCM. I don't trust that he will.

[okaawhatever]

7. S & S have a lot of juice. "We would hate to have to make a movie about some

media exec who ruined multiple tv channels”

“Don’t worry, we won’t use your name. We don’t want to get sued. But we will sure as he!! use your initials, place of birth, likeness, and background.”

[Karma13612]

9. They don't offer TCM

On our first tier Spectrum TV package. We can’t afford a higher level because we cut costs where we can. Electric, auto and home insurance have spiked so we save elsewhere.

I loved that channel. I love old movies. Wouldn’t be surprised if they say”well, it’s just not popular anymore” . By taking it away from the lower tier, you lower viewership automatically!

It’s a strategy. Along the lines of forcing a series off the air by preempting with sports shows and moving the time slot to strangle viewership. Lower viewership is the last step before they cut a show.

[Hugin]

10. Oh, geeze...

I was wondering what the f**k had happened to TCM.



Now that I look back on it, my growing distaste with the channel runs parallel to that dude’s tenure at WB.

It’s only a matter of time until Mike Lindell is hawking lousy pillows and hosting remakes of “It’s A Wonderful Life” from Potter’s perspective.

[Nululu]

11. But wait there's more!

GQ published a critical article about Zaslov that was removed after he complained and the managing editor at GQ got a cushy consulting job with Zaslov.

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/david-zaslav-gq-article-18186324.php
Last 2 paragraphs of SFGATE article. I recommend the whole piece.

"Maybe Zaslav was able to get Welch to back down from public criticism, but my bosses here at SFGATE won’t be similarly cowed. So, for the permanent record, let me state all of this again flatly: David Zaslav is an eel who sucks at his job. He’s destroying HBO. He’s destroyed what bare credibility the DC Universe had left with moviegoers. He’s forced GQ to willingly debase itself. He’s destroyed TCM. And while he couldn’t get Licht to destroy CNN, he’ll find some other pair of docksiders to finish the job. 

It’s a fact that, in an age of mass consolidation, no one person could possibly run all of a billion-dollar entertainment conglomerate effectively. But David Zaslav has distinguished himself not only by being unable to run ANY part of one but also by being such a brazen coward about that fact. I shouldn’t know who this man is. But here he is, and now he should deal, in full, with what he’s wrought. He’s a parasite: a terrible CEO, an enemy to artists, and a lousy, horrible graduation speaker to boot. I hope he’s strapped to a chair and forced to watch “The Flash” on repeat for the rest of his pathetic little existence. And no, I’m not deleting this."

--Drew Magary

[Xolodno]

12. Wondering if acquiring Time Warner was more than they can chew.

And assumed they could make it all up by "trimming the fat". The other media conglomerates must be happy.

[Beaverhausen]

15. "Time" has not been part of Warners for many years

I've worked here for 19 years.

I have been so proud to work at such an iconic studio but this guy is really the WORST.