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UPDATE, 7:44 PM: Talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA didn’t go so well today, but the Guild has now confirmed the two sides will be back at it tomorrow for another attempt to end the 100-plus day strike. “Today, the CEOs came back to the table,” SAG-AFTRA told members in an email after…

After a rough day of negotiations Wednesday, the actors guild and the studios have pulled the plug for now. Things were distinctly "much rockier than usual" today a veteran dealmaker says. Another source confirmed, "it did not go well today." The insider added: “Things are uncertain, but a step back…

SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on just wrapped their second day of renewed talks over a new three-year contract with a plan to meet again on Friday and even further down the line. “SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met for a full day bargaining session and have concluded,&#8221…

Back at the bargaining table Monday for the first time in more than two and a half months, SAG-AFTRA and the Hollywood studios and streamers have a long way to go to make a deal – even with the momentum gained by the end of the writers’ strike. "No one is going into this overly confident or assuming…

David Zaslav said today that Warner Bros. Discovery had anticipated putting Hollywood strikes in the rear-view mirror this month, but with no end in sight, "We are really going to fight to get this resolved."   "I was in LA the last two days, and we really have to focus as industry — and we are…

"I don't know that much in particular about this dispute, but it feels like this is a moment," said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav about the current showdown between big cable provider Charter and the Disney. "It's not clear if this is a moment that gets resolved quickly — and we are back…

The financial impact of ongoing actors and writers strikes has a number on it now, or one at least, as Warner Bros. Discovery said today it's looking at a hit of $300 million to $500 million in adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for 2023 due to the work…

It is possible that in his search for CNN's next boss, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav simply checked back through the news network’s archives.  In the otherworldly days of 2020, when Richard Quest was broadcasting in front of a bookcase, the gravel-voiced anchor conducted an exit interview…

“Barbie is really important for us,” beamed Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav on the conglom’s Q2 earnings call about what will be the first pic to hit $1 billion under his reign. In celebrating the pic’s success, he indicated that the movie would hit streaming service Max in the fall…

Sports and news programming will be coming “soon” to Max, according to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. The categories “are important. They’re differentiators. They’re compelling,” he said on the company’s second-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts. “They make these platforms come…

While Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav on this morning’s Q2 earnings call for the conglom is “hopeful that all sides will get back to the negotiating room soon and that these strikes get resolved in a way that the writers and actors feel that they are fairly compensated,” WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with AMPTP statement: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months. "I think we're in for a long strike, and they're going to let it bleed out," said one industry veteran…