Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. tips@mediaite.com, Joe DePaolo is a Senior Editor at Mediaite. didn't, they say, have many progressive ideas. Zaslav is also one of the highest-paid CEOs in media history. His reputation for speed gave Discovery an edge over Comcast as a merger partner. And John Malone, when you hear him, hes still a big part of your life, a big part of Discovery, if he said we need CNN to go back to reporting news". We want to hear from you. Zaslav was speaking at the Paley International Council Summit when he made the remarks, which were covered by several news outlets virtually attending the media event. David Zaslav, who led the merger with CNN and Discovery, donated over $240,000. The parties spilled onto the beach and ended with fireworks and shark-shaped cake made by the "Cake Boss.". Overall, I think wed be better off if we just had news networks, but we dont.. The results were surprising. organisation Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. He's also known for squeezing costs out of operations, which could concern WarnerMedia employees who've already been through years of restructuring under AT&T. Only 14.5% of the 412 owners, executives, board members and investors had given to individual candidates, traditional PACs or super PACs from January 2020 to August 2021, as trackedby the FEC. No surprise, Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan collectivelygave over $2.5 million, mostly to Republicans. That was down from the $45.8 million that Zaslav pulled in the previous year and significantly down from the massive $129.4 million in compensation that the Discovery chief earned in 2018, which included the value of stock options that amounted to more than $100 million as part of a new employment contract. David Zaslav is a talented and driven man who understands change. We now live in a much less transparent time. Dan Eberhart, a longtime prominent Republican donor, told CNBC he senses that wealthy financiers are going to start lining up behind Trump. Domestically, HBO Max and HBO have a combined 45.2 million subscribers. By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox. Other top-paid Discovery executives included Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels, who earned $6.9 million in total compensation, down from the $7.4 million he earned in 2019. David Zaslav, Discovery's CEO, will lead the combined Discovery-WarnerMedia. Of those donations, $1 million went to America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC. Story tips can be sent tobrian.flood@fox.comand on Twitter: @briansflood. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, whose media giant is set to close itsmerger with CNNs owner WarnerMediathis spring, made the surprise remark during a discussion about the networks future days after theabrupt resignation of the networks president, Jeff Zucker. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Friday on CNBC that he had nothing to do with Jeff Zuckers CNN exit. Zaslavs comment drew a surprised response from CNBC host Joe Kernan, who wondered aloud if it was a reference to CNNs ideological bent. both parties caucus processes. stretch its balance sheet, bet-tentially having little incentive tential of that. day in the state. Media mogul William Randolph Hearst famously declared, This is my newspaper, these are my views, take or leave it. Hearst boldly placed his editorials on the front page, with his picture, signed for Gods sake. There was no subterfuge. You may change or cancel your subscription or trial at any time online. Look up your friends and patriotsat the FEC. That employee makes $66,689, so it would take them 565 years to equal Zaslavs annual compensation. A Division of NBCUniversal. A missed golf game in February led to an email between Zaslav and AT&T CEO John Stankey, culminating in their boards signing a merger deal on Sunday night. With Democratic voters po- turnout to overcome any po- week, spent Monday and Tues- by the parties. The public reason given was that Zucker didn't disclose a sexual relationship with CNN executive Allison Gollust, which immediately raised eyebrows as their relationship was widely known. analyse how our Sites are used. The Discovery Channel started in 1985 with a documentary about the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. + Simply log into Settings & Account and select "Cancel" on the right-hand side. "How many people survive after a merger? "Was there any conjecture that John Malone is behind the curtain? But even if that crowd decided to arrive, it would not include the late Evans or his panache (he died in 2019). Zaslav didnt clarify in response, and it immediatelywent viral on social media, where users pointed to it as an acknowledgement that CNN leans left politically. He was granted no options. [49], In 2014, Zaslav was awarded the Fred Dressler Leadership Award by Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. James Murdoch, who left the family Fox News business, donated over $2.25 "From my perspective, news is going to be a critical element," Zaslav said. And maybe, those legendary parties might start again. : Holiday Zaslav, however, in his quest for major talent, may also have to answer queries about the movies release platform and the structure of its compensation formula. All rights reserved. Transparency matters. Zaslav is expected to name Zuckers permanent replacement when the merger closes. Zaslav wooed Scripps CEO Ken Lowe for a decade before consummating the $14.6 billion deal in 2018. Pamela Wasserstein, owner of Vox and New York magazine, gave $8,100. Of the top 10 political donors among S&P 500 CEOs, a majority gave big to GOP groups in the second quarter, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. They are doing that, and there's still time," Eberhart said. All Rights Reserved. Not long ago when he dropped by his new home he ordered some changes: Michael Smith, the celebrity designer who President Obama hired to design his private quarters at the White House, will now tackle the Evans house. Over the years, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, and Harry Connick Jr. performed for an A-List crowd that included Jamie Dimon, Oprah Winfrey, Ron Howard, and tennis star Boris Becker, to name a few. Discovery. But not disclosing a consensual relationship rarely results in the defenestration of a network president. Discovery boss will soon oversee CNN as part of deal with WarnerMedia, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 16: President and CEO, Discovery, Inc. David Zaslav speaks onstage during the Discovery, Inc. TCA Winter Panel 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 16, 2020 in Pasadena, California. Zucker, who joined CNN in 2013 and led the network through the rise of Donald Trump to the presidency, abruptly resigned this week over a secret relationship he had with a colleague, CNN chief marketing officer Allison Gollust, which he did not disclose to the company as required. Correction: Mediaite has learned Zaslav was referring to the left side of the Discovery portfolio, not the left side of the political aisle. The Daily Callers OmeedMalik donated $150,000. Zaslav wondered how he would stack up against the likes of Netflix and Disney without more content and if he would be forced to sell if he couldn't get bigger to compete with those companies, with their seemingly bottomless pockets. Last November, Zaslav told Deadline that he would take a hands-on approach at CNN and other WarnerMedia properties. In May, I published anownership indexof the top 176 U.S. media organizations. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. A Wall Street financial advisory firm recently told their clients they don't expect Biden to lean too far to the left as the policy recommendations put together by allies of Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't, they say, have many progressive ideas. He must also mobilize his charisma to keep his uneasy management in place during the one-year-plus period while lawyers and bankers hammer out legalities and obtain antitrust approval. Not long ago when he dropped by his new home he ordered some changes: Michael Smith, "It's the only media company that I've worked with in the last two decades where building a unified global presence was a core part of the strategy," said Joe Ravitch, co-founder of Raine, the media-focused merchant bank. According to campaignmoney.com, during the 2020 election cycle Zaslav donated $124,250 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee out of his total $253,250 in political donations. Laurene Powell Jobs donated over $2 million. CNN, which has struggled to attract viewers during the Biden era,is part of the deal and many industry observers felt the decision to revert to more straight news began this week when Zucker was forced out. Where the country was when we launched MSNBC was much more fact-based and less divided.. and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the Settings & Account section. Definitely to the left, Kernen said. Read Next: Prime Video Delays Citadel Trailer Drop Following Greece Train Crash, Almost Famous Star Casey Likes Cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future: The Musical, AMC Quarterly Earnings: Losses Widen, Revenues Fall Despite Avatar 2 Box Office Success, The Weeknd Sets First Lead Role in Film He Co-Wrote and Produced, Opposite Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as 'Nonsense,' Urges Hollywood to 'Stop' Forcing 'Vaccination': Thats 'Not a Free Country', Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Writer Surprised by Terrible Reviews: I Was in a Low Spot and Really Sad About It, Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Releasing Two Days Early, Michael B. Jordan Meets Reporter at 'Creed III' Premiere Who 'Teased Him all the Time' in High School: 'I Was the Corny Kid, Right? "Sometimes it is difficult for his staff to keep up with his expectationsbut this is characteristic of a good leader who is on a mission," Discovery founder John Hendricks said of Zaslav. George Soros, a major donor to Wikipediawho funds many new digital media outlets through his Open Society Foundation (see our nonprofit U.S. Media Index), gave $3,679,800. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31st 2022. In an interview on CNBC Friday, Discovery CEO David Zaslav, as part of an assessment of his brands portfolio, took stock of CNNs place in the public consciousness and said this: CNBC host Joe Kernen immediately seized on the comment. Barry Diller, owner of The Daily Beast and Investopedia, gave $120,000. Premium access for businesses and educational institutions. Evans top films might share a weekend with two or three other wannabe hits; Zaslav confronts a mind-bending blur of some 300 services, subscription-based or video on demand, all competing for eyeballs. Discovery and has publicly committed to keeping CNN after the merger. The Discovery CEO also was early in laying foundations overseas, where rival media companies are now trying to bulk up. RobertIger, executive chairman of the Walt Disney Co. and who once ran ABC, gave over $1 million. She owns The Atlantic, could still be the largest shareholder of Disney/ABCand funds many digital news nonprofits through the American Journalism Project, which her Emerson Collective helped to create. "After Biden released his economic plan, I would expect CEO donations to President Trump to accelerate. Loeffler is running for reelection to the Senate. Only 60 people in media leadership had donated more than$2,000 to a political candidate since 2019. Zaslav is also known as a CEO who keeps a tight rein on programming costs. And even as Zaslav prepped the launch of streaming service Discovery+, which now has 15 million subscribers, he had thoughts about whether to suggest bundling Discovery with Disney, according to a person familiar with talks. Zaslav, known for delivering fast yes or nos to business partners, would be able to move ahead with speed. Our system is awash in billions of political dollars. Without it, journalists and society dont stand a chance to hold them accountable when the coverage is of disrepute. Get the best insights and analysis delivered to your inbox, 2,276 groups organized as super PACs have reported, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Super PACs have the freedom to report only twice a year, so there may be more to come. And John Malone, a top shareholder at CNNs soon to be parent Discovery, has made clear he disagrees with Zuckers vision for CNN. 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As Trump and other Republicans slide in the polls, the idea that taxes could go up under a Democratic administration and Congress has forced GOP donors off the sidelines, according to people helping raise money for GOP organizations. Discovery in April 2022. Is it a good one? James Murdoch, who left the family Fox News business, donated over $2.25 million. Zaslav needs the house as badly as it needs Zaslav. Have a tip or story idea? The lack of transparency in super PAC donations loomed as we scoured the FEC database. The names of the super PACs (Win Red, Dirt Road, Fair Fight, Follow the North Star, Security is Strength) are almost comical, even if the totals are gobsmacking. On Friday morning, he shocked CNBC hosts by calling the network 'the leader of news to the left'. Spurred by the rapid proliferation of social media platforms, with questionable content,and a formerpresident who pummeled our free press repeatedly, its no wonder Americans are left wary and our information ecosystem is in shambles. Longtime Discovery chief David Zaslav, who will soon oversee CNN as part of his companys merger with WarnerMedia, called his future competitor Fox News Discovery, home to Animal Planet and unscripted shows like 90 Day Fianc, may now become Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Correction: Mediaite has learned Zaslav was referring to the left side of the Discovery portfolio, not the left side of the political aisle. That may now stretch to nine months, since Zaslav, having negotiated the $43 billion Discovery-AT&T deal, has now expanded his domain to include Warner Bros, HBO and CNN. Discovery CEO Zaslav Surprises CNBC Host By Saying CNN is The Leader in News to the Left of Discoverys Portfolio (Correction) By Joe DePaolo Feb 4th, 2022, 9:07 am Twitter share button That leaves $1 billion unaccounted for. Discovery CEO David Zaslav praised CNN on Friday and said news is going to be really critical to the future of the soon to be combined Warner Bros. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Philip Anschutz, owner of the Washington Examiner, gave $168,500. Farris Wilks, investor in the Daily Wire, gave $416,800 to Trump Victory and Club for Growth Action. Discovery, Zaslav is turning off the content spigot and reorienting the company into something much more fiscally (and potentially culturally) conservative. Last week,Discovery reportedit had reached 20 million paying streaming subscribers worldwide by the end of September. Before her recent spending spree, Catz had given very few political contributions this cycle. We've received your submission. Discovery, to be sure, funded Otter Dynasty, not Game of Thrones. I wrote about why I got a COVID shot:Then I was fired from my job. JEFF ZUCKERS CNN EXIT: FIERY MEETING, SOMBER CONFERENCE CALL PROVE MANY STAFFERS ALREADY MISS FORMER BOSS, "So youve got a guy whos run it for nine years," Kernen said, referring to Zucker. Market data provided by Factset. Man, you werent kidding, Kernen said, also laughing. Billionaire Paul Singer, who claimed, post the CNN-Discovery merger, that his activism brought the deal about, balanced things out with his $1.7 million. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. 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Jean-Briac Perrette, president and CEO of Discovery International, earned $10.4 million total compensation, down from $14.4 million in 2019. Yet Zaslav's fight for Scripps created bad blood with then-Viacom chief executive, Bob Bakish, who was significantly outbid on the deal. [51], In 2022, he was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. Did you say to the left?. His Greenwich Village home where the WarnerMedia deal was cooked up is now on the market, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Usually you ditch people. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, "Discovery Communications 2011 Proxy Filing", "AT&T announces $43 billion deal to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery", "Discovery Chief Got Options Valued at $190 Million on Eve of AT&T Deal", "Discovery Hands CEO David Zaslav Stock Options Valued At $190M In Contract Extension; Sets Base Salary At $3M, Target Bonus At $20M Update", "Compensation Information for David M. 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Oprah Winfrey is a great example of someone who the world wanted to do business with, but David had an incredible knack for making people want to work with him," said his former boss Tom Rogers, who was president of NBC Cable where Zaslav was head of distribution and new media. Is this newly minted class of wealth really absent from politics and political influence? President and CEO, Discovery David Zaslav speaks onstage during the James Zelter, co-president and CIO of Apollo Global Management that owns Yahoo News, gave $35,900 to Republicansand $25,200 to Democrats. Malone, who sits on the Discovery Communications Inc., board of directors, said in November he wanted to see CNNrevert to nonpartisan journalism following thecompletion of a mergerthat would put it under the Discovery umbrella. David Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Definitely to the left. But times have changed. In awarding Zaslav his 2020 cash bonus, the board determined the Discovery chief Zaslavs battles will be more expensive. Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, gave but $15,000over the past20 months through his PACs Blue Origin and Amazon while his net worth grew to near $200 billion. "Plus, David actually shows up. Under Zuckers leadership, CNN cultivated an antagonistic relationship with former President Donald Trump and other prominent conservatives. But what sort of a time will it be? Discovery CEO David Zaslav was confronted on Friday about the future of CNN, the liberal network he is set to oversee once a looming merger is official, but claimed the ousting of now-former CNN boss Jeff Zucker had nothing to do with rumors the network could shift to a nonpartisan approach. Email him here: joed@mediaite.com
LIBERTY MEDIA CHAIRMAN CHIDES CNN TO 'ACTUALLY HAVE JOURNALISTS' FOLLOWING AT&T-DISCOVERY MERGER, "None of us had anything to do with it. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Though Zaslav himself did not dispute the context of the comment when Joe Kernen asked for clarification, his true intent was made clear when Zaslav followed up by saying he views sports as being on the right side of the portfolio. Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. David Zaslav, Hollywoods new mogul. ", Warner Bros. International Television Production, Warner Bros. A Real Clear Politics polling average shows Biden ahead of Trump by close to 10 points. The index wasmore popular than anticipated. His corporate boss, Charles Bluhdorn, facing him in his screening room, shouted that public companies could not dabble in porn. He then decided to re-run the films. "Squawk Box" co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkintold Zaslav his phone was "blowing up" from CNN staffers who are "desperate to know" his personal views about the Zucker situation. Running WarnerMedia's top-tier assets like HBO and spending big on movies and shows is a far different game from the unscripted business that's Discovery's bread and butter. Got a confidential news tip? I found these figures wanting. Marc Benioff, the current owner of Time who's, active in homelessness issues in San Francisco,gave only $5,000 to his Salesforce.com PAC. The merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery is reportedly set to be completed early in the spring. He also said, per Deadline: I think overall wed probably be better off if we just had news networks in America, rather than those with an opinion element. A web of other forces have been reported as influential in the demise of his CNN career: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, who currently oversees CNN, was said not to be a fan of Zuckers. 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