{"id":54429,"date":"2023-11-16T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/david-zaslav-says-writers-were-right-but-are-being-overpaid\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T02:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:00:18","slug":"david-zaslav-says-writers-were-right-but-are-being-overpaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/david-zaslav-says-writers-were-right-but-are-being-overpaid\/","title":{"rendered":"David Zaslav Says Writers Were \u2018Right\u2019 But Are Being Overpaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">David Zaslav says the writers were actually right about everything all along but suggests they\u2019re overpaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are right about almost everything. So what if we overpay? I\u2019ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZvoSkiuut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/TZvoSkiuut<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QSqqoqOOb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QSqqoqOOb2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1724814354824978831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David Zaslav told <i>The New York Times<\/i> in a lengthy new profile that he has no regrets about the deal struck between studios and the Writers Guild of America for a new three-year contract on September 24th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are right about almost everything,\u201d Zaslav said. \u201cSo what if we overpay? I\u2019ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zaslav was paid $40 million <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-pay-39-million-2022-1235568306\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2022<\/a> and $246 million <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/02\/17\/apple-tim-cook-amazon-andy-jassy-warner-bros-discovery-david-zaslav-overpaid-ceos-as-you-sow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2021<\/a>, thanks to stock options and more.<\/p>\n<p><br \/><b><i>ONTD, are you overpaid?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1724814354824978831?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/127248676.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Zaslav says the writers were actually right about everything all along but suggests they\u2019re overpaid. \u201cThey are right about almost everything. So what if we overpay? I\u2019ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.\u201d (Source: https:\/\/t.co\/TZvoSkiuut) pic.twitter.com\/QSqqoqOOb2 \u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) November 15, 2023 David Zaslav told The New York Times in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}