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Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav was met with boos and jeers while delivering a commencement address Sunday at Boston University amid the Hollywood writers’ strike.

of an airplane flying over the ceremony with a banner that read, “David Zaslav — Pay your writers,” was also circulating online.

Zaslav defended aggressive cuts at the media giant, framing them as part of a broader rethinking of how the company works. “I am grateful to my alma mater, Boston University, for inviting me to be part of today’s commencement and for giving me an honorary degree,” Zaslav said on Sunday in a statement provided to the Los Angeles Times. “As I have often said, I am immensely supportive of writers and hope the strike is resolved soon and in a way that they feel recognizes their value.

The cancellation of Latino programming and cuts to CNN were cited by the Democrats, who said the merger is ‘hollowing out an iconic American studio.’

 

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