There Are No Laws For The Rich

Or For Republicans In General; Still Plenty Of Laws To Be Used Against Real Americans, However

Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:

Report: the Trump team pointed to Amazon's $40M deal for a Melania documentary and floated a Don Jr. outdoors show as a way for WBD to curry favor with Trump  —  Michael Wolff relayed the “reported message” in a Monday New York magazine profile of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:

How David Zaslav became an “accidental mogul” who is navigating WBD out of its cultural, generational, and technological obsolescence during the Trump era  —  In a declining industry, the aspiring mogul has defied the odds — for now — based on an unlikely set of skills.

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:   A Donald Trump ally has a suggestion for Warner Bros. Discovery: Why don't you pay us or give us a TV show?

Peter Kafka / @pkafka:   Here's a headline: “A Donald Trump ally has a suggestion for Warner Bros. Discovery: Why don't you pay us or give us a TV show?”

Amanda Litman / @amandalitman.bsky.social:   Woof.  Entertainment is as much a gerontocracy as the United States Congress. nymag.com/intelligence...

Ailia Zehra / Alternet.org:   Trump aides suggest Warner Bros. give Don Jr. a hunting show to improve White House ties

Nick Field / @nick_field90:   “He is an avatar of the death of the middle class in Hollywood. In the old days, everybody did well. Now, all those people in the middle have been squeezed. Zas, though, is doing better than ever.” https://nymag.com/...

Nick Field / @nick_field90:   “Zaslav is particularly proud of his early decision at Warner to cancel the release of the $90 million Batgirl, which featured a trans actor” https://nymag.com/ ...

Adam Smith / @asmith83.bsky.social:   The boldness of their corruption this time is really something. nymag.com/intelligence... 

Nick Field / @nick_field90:   Warner Bros. asked Trump's orbit how to improve their relationship. Trump's people pointed to the $40 million Bezos paid for Melania's doc and suggested giving Don Jr a Discovery hunting show and more pro-Trump voices on CNN https://nymag.com/...

Asher Elbein / @asherelbein.bsky.social:   Ever start a piece and pretty much immediately know that it's by a writer who's too big to edit?