David Zaslav: Media Mogul 12/30/22

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In a highlight of 2022, Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zaslav described his hopes for the future of the merged media company when he joined Joe Kernen and Becky for his first interview following the close of the $43 billion transaction. In May, Zaslav was optimistic about the outlook for a content company with offerings spanning home decor, food, classic movies, news and more. Plus, what really happened at the demise of CNN+. Happy New Year, Squawk Pod listeners! In this episode: Becky Quick @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squack Pod, the daily podcast brought to you by the team behind Squack Box.
0:09.0	NYC, this is NBC Control 2.
0:11.0	See NBC's Essential Morning 2. Every day get the best stories, debate, and
0:17.1	analysis from the biggest names in business and politics. Today on the
0:21.3	podcast A Best of 22, Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zazlav
0:26.4	in his first interview after the 43 billion dollar merger closed.
0:31.0	I feel like strategically we're quite complete.
0:33.6	We're going to be head down.
0:35.1	Let's drive this business.
0:36.8	Let's get a single product into the market.
0:40.1	The new media mogul Zazlav's portfolio spans TV, streaming, movies, old favorites, and new hits.
0:46.7	Euphoria, Guilded Age, the staircase, Game of Thrones, Friends, Big Bang Theory,
0:52.1	Food, H.G. Discovery, Oprah, Chip and Joanna Gaines.
0:57.2	He weighs in on what to watch and the tough call he made in the early days atop the company killing CNN Plus.
1:04.4	If we saw good numbers and we thought that there was a real market for an independent news
1:08.6	service for $6, we would have driven that as a real business.
1:18.0	David Zaslav, an old NBC colleague now running a 22 billion dollar content giant. You guys know that I'm nice.
1:20.0	You know how to run a company?
1:21.0	This isn't show friends, it's show business.
1:23.0	I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer. It is Friday, December 30th, 2022.
1:28.0	Squack-Pod begins right after this is Squack Pod from CNBC. Today on the podcast we look back on our conversation with Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
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