100 layoffs on tap for WBD's cable brands

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Bob Jersey

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Jun 20, 2023, 6:42:35 PM6/20/23
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And TCM's GM is movin' on after being with the organization since the late 90s...
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Dave Sikula

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Jun 21, 2023, 5:36:21 AM6/21/23
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Not just the GM, but also Charlie Tabish, the chief programmer, Anne Wilson, the vice president of studio production, Dexter Fedor, who was in charge of marketing and creative design (and who was responsible for the unfortunate graphic redesigns of a couple of years ago). and Genevieve McGillicuddy, who basically created the TCM Film Festival.

They're all pretty irreplaceable and their loss does not bode well for the network's future. I'd expect that the Festival is dead, given that Charlie and Gen programmed it, and that (if the channel survives) we'll soon see advertising.

Meanwhile, Zaslov has made about $400 million in salary.

It was not a good day to be a TCM fan.

--Dave Sikula

Bob Jersey

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Jun 21, 2023, 10:00:45 AM6/21/23
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Plenty of the "Turner" library is already seen on Weigel/Fox-owned Movies!, seen in around 75 markets...     B

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Mark Jeffries

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Jun 21, 2023, 10:50:09 AM6/21/23
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With commercials, of course.

Mark Jeffries
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Bob Jersey

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Jun 21, 2023, 6:57:29 PM6/21/23
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Spielberg, Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson reportedly had a conference call with Zaslav today... hope something comes of this...
Dave Sikula, to moi, June 21st:
Not just the GM, but also Charlie Tabish, the chief programmer, Anne Wilson, the vice president of studio production, Dexter Fedor, who was in charge of marketing and creative design (and who was responsible for the unfortunate graphic redesigns of a couple of years ago). and Genevieve McGillicuddy, who basically created the TCM Film Festival.

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Jun 21, 2023, 11:04:47 PM6/21/23
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I applaud the effort on their parts, but none of them makes the kind of franchisey blockbusters Zas needs to pull WBD out of its financial abyss. They can't do anything for him in terms of directing something he'd want, nor in influencing other directors to boycott the company. It's a noble, if futile, gesture.

--Dave Sikula

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Jun 21, 2023, 11:28:50 PM6/21/23
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The Turner "library" is basically non-existent. Except for a few commissioned things, everything -- and that means -everything- (even the Warners, Metro, and RKO product that WBD owns) has to be licensed and rented.

Even then, Movies! isn't going to devote an afternoon to, say, Marsha Hunt or program a month of Columbia B pictures.

--Dave Sikula

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