Barbarians in the Luxury Boxes
Barbarians in the Luxury BoxesDavid Zaslav courtside as WBD stock sinks; Tony Vinciquerra predicts two years of entertainment 'chaos' as investor conferences signal the coming M&A reckoning
Welcome to the Jamboree, my weekly series of quick(ish) takes on the industry’s passing parade.This Week’s Jamboree Listening Companion:(Enjoy with each item as you read)
Hardest Working Sports Fan in ShowbizWarners Disco stock slid into all-time low territory this week. A good moment, perhaps, for a CEO to fly under the radar a bit? But as series were cut and jobs slashed, one man, as ever, is working overtime. That’d be tireless, indefatigable CEO David Zaslav, who enjoyed the U.S. Open men’s final with . . . well, whom would you most want your CEO pictured sitting next to these days? (See photograph above.) So it seems a good moment for us to look back at the many game days and buddies of Hollywood’s favorite CEO, David Zaslav. With a big UFC event in Vegas this weekend, football in full gear and the World Series ahead, hope nothing at work interferes with DZ’s busy schedule of being photographed at major sporting events. Harbingers of Mergers to ComeWell you can’t say we aren’t being well warned here. Up and down the investor conference circuit, CEOs have been spouting off in the last week very clearly that a wave of consolidation is at hand. Starting things off Sept. 5 was Sony’s Tony Vinciquerra who spelled out pretty clearly what’s to come:... Subscribe to The Ankler. to unlock the rest.Become a paying subscriber of The Ankler. to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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