With CNN head Chris Licht ousted, other WBD executives turn their attention to his very hands-on overlord, with one source wondering: 'Who wants to have to manage him?'
“And who wants to have to manage him?” says a source with close ties to CNN. “That’s not worth the millions of dollars a year.” for this article, a portrait emerges of the CEO’s management style: Zaslav knows that he needs to step back and let the new CNN leader lead, but whether he’s capable of doing so remains to be seen.
The tenor of his conversations with Licht are said to have grown increasingly intense as CNN ratings and morale kept plummeting. Licht, who’d relocated his office from the newsroom to a far-flung executive floor, had little interaction with many on his staff. In fact, one CNNer reveals they’d listen to earnings calls and Zaslav’s appearances at investor conferences to try to glean insights about what WBD’s strategy might be for CNN.
By all accounts, Zaslav’s involvement varies by division and need. He’s given HBO honcho Casey Bloys, for instance, a considerably longer leash than he ever did Licht. Part of that, sources note, is that Bloys has had significant success — which, not incidentally, has given Zaslav bragging rights with his Hamptons cohorts — and Bloys has proved highly skilled at managing up.
Zaslav has more to offer at CNN, having been a key figure in the creation of CNBC and a part of the team that launched MSNBC, than he does in Hollywood, after all. Still, leaders like De Luca praise his willingness to help them seal deals with major talent or woo theater owners, a marked change from the previous regime.
When it came time to lock in uber-producer Greg Berlanti to a new pact on the TV side, Zaslav was also right there, on the phone with Berlanti’s CAA reps — though he left Dungey and team to hammer out the best deal. “He’s very involved, but what I love about David is he’s not in the weeds. He’s never once given me notes on a cut. That’s not who he is,”
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