Lawmakers pushing US Justice Department to investigate Warner Bros Discovery merger, Zaslav presumably to write off shows in response

[Jman]

Well I know the unions are complaining of the write-off trend harming their residuals.

[PokeNirvash]

You're obsessed, man.

[Jman]

19 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said:

You're obsessed, man.

I’m just reporting the news.  If the Justice Department upends the merger, that will affect a lot of ongoing programming.

[Toonamiguy321]

Didnt the justice department approve the merger in the first place? I don’t think this will going anywhere 

[mochi]

17 hours ago, Jman said:

Well I know the unions are complaining of the write-off trend harming their residuals.

from what I saw he's actually having them burn old WB documents from the 50's rather than write off more stuff

[Blatch]

All right! I've been hoping for them to do this ever since they opened the investigation into Ticketmaster/LiveNation. Who knows if this is going to go anywhere, but I at least hope this leads to a hearing where Liz Warren grills Zaslav. That seems like something most of us would enjoy.

On 4/8/2023 at 8:27 AM, PokeNirvash said:

You're obsessed, man.

It's more the fact that the title has another forced reference to writing off shows. But hey, it's better than bringing up The Owl House again.

[Jman]

To be fair, his write-offs are the reason this is happening (and are apparently a major sticking point with the writers guild negotiations) since write-offs mean less residuals.

[Sketch]

I don't see lawmakers actually managing to break up WBD in any capacity but it sure would be something to see.