HBO host John Oliver made a scathing statement on Sunday as parent company Warner Bros. Discovery took drastic cost-cutting measures across its operations. Attacked the boss in a segment.
The comedian, who delights in frequently attacking company supervisors in "Last Week Tonight," blames the U.S. government's failure to provide monkeypox vaccines to other countries prior to the current outbreak. We unleashed our latest bargain in our segment on.
"Like expired Chovani or HBO Max's $90 million movie, we're going to keep the vaccine unused and on the shelf in inventory," said Oliver.
"Although I have a vague sense that you're burning my network up for insurance money. , I'm sure it will all work out," Oliver added.
Oliver says Warner Bros. Discovery will stop making his expensive DC Comics movie. You were talking about a shocking decision. Batgirl” was never released on the streaming service HBO Max or any other platform. The company also canceled a planned "Scooby-Doo" movie.
"I'm not going to release the film until it's ready," Zaslav said in last week's quarterly earnings call . “We are not launching movies to make quarters, and we are not going to release movies unless we believe in it.”
Warner Bros. Discovery announced earlier this year that the merger of the two companies had completed. Since then, it has pursued several moves aimed at restructuring and cost reduction under CEO David Zaslav. Zaslavaims to cut $30 billion in costs from the combined entity this year.
Zaslav was previously the doomed $300 million CNN+ streaming service just a month after its launch, after the initiative failed to attract many subscribers.
Further reductions are expected in the coming days. According to Puck News, Warner Bros. Discovery is planning significant job cuts across its operations that will last through the fall.
The Post has reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for comment.
Oliver denounces other businesses and media I never hesitated. his show entity.
Last month,Oliver shredded CNBC's Jim Cramer. As prices have risen steadily over the past year, he has changed his mind about the appropriate response to inflation.
Noting Disney's response to the Gay Bill, it said the company's record of political contributions to GOP lawmakers was "positively demeaning."
