David Zaslav says he'll have an office on the Warner Bros. studio lot and has 'ideas' about the unified leadership structure at the merged firm but isn't ready to present that yet.
Zaslav said that he would, however, return to the East Coast regularly to visit other key operations, including CNN.
The industry veteran also addressed scale and consolidation in the media and entertainment industry. “There will be substantial consolidation over the next five years,” Zaslav predicted. “I think we are now big enough, and we have the artillery we need in this war of transition and disruption.” Asked about Netflix, he also said “they seized” the moment in a meaningful way when media users wanted content any time and any place. But Warner Bros. Discovery has advantages, Zaslav said, highlighting: “We can open a motion picture anywhere in the world.”Addressing the future of big creator deals, the Discovery chief suggested that “I don’t think those checks are going to continue,” Zaslav said, because beyond Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros.
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