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[–]MarkTwainiac 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I believe the change in tune is directly related to the fact that the merger deal involving the parent company which owns HBO was completed last month (April) - and new management has been installed at the top of the new firm that's been created, Warner Bros Discovery. The content officer of HBO, Casey Bloys, is to remain in place for the time being, but now he reports to a new boss, Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Zaslav is openly "anti-woke."

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-top-boss-announces-new-leadership-team-2022-04-07/

One of the first things Zaslav has done in the few weeks he's been at the helm of the new entertainment behemoth Warner Bros Discovery is announce that he's set up a face-to-face meeting with JK Rowling in hopes of convincing her to make content for HBO Max.

He now plans to sit down with Rowling to discuss new Harry Potter-related content for his HBO Max streamer.

That comes despite Rowling facing mounting criticism over her view on transgender people, with HBO Max 'canceling' her from a Harry Potter reunion special it broadcast on New Year's Day.

Any rapprochement with the billionaire British author is likely to infuriate progressive staff at HBO Max, but Zaslav seems unlikely to bow to woke pressure.

Zaslav seems to want to keep HBO Max profitable while remaking its parent company in his image.

On Wednesday, Zaslav took to CNBC to share some of his colleague Chris Licht's plans for CNN, another one of his new properties.

Zaslav appeared to confirm the network would move away from opinion-focused primetime shows, and instead return to its roots as a breaking news broadcaster with an extremely strong reputation for covering big stories.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10833471/WarnerDiscoverys-anti-woke-new-CEO-David-Zaslav-plans-cancel-JK-Rowling.html

I'm hoping this means we can look forward to hearing more from Bill Maher about gender madness. Since he's a foe of all religions - as well as authoritarianism and "political correctness" of all kinds - taking aim at the Church of Genderology should be right up his alley. Also, he's always been on point when it comes to calling out the ridiculous excesses and histrionics of the so-called left.

[–]FlippyKing 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

interesting the url has "cancel" but the headline has "'un-cancel'"