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the optics of, as i say, are bad for, you know, for for zaslav and for hbo and for discovery. you know, there's nothing worse than, you know, i mean, you know, killing it, you're seeing a show as a tack. i mean, it's a tax write is, you know, as a horrible. whatever. you know, we're just unbelievable. one more really quick one, peter, do you think all this really is going to be resolved? the streaming if streaming works as a business, do you think that's to happen? do you think we're going to see streaming click as a really good, profitable business? well, i think probably. i'm guessing. yes, because these are these as supported tiers are going to get very popular. so i think and people you know, people like streaming because it gives you a phrase you from then that work schedule or the cable schedule, you can watch anything you want whenever. you want to watch it on your own time, your own schedule, make your own schedule. so it's incredibly especially since the studios and a lot of these companies that owned by studios and streaming are releasing films in theaters and stream

i am very glad that the zaslavs have opened a museum of the belarusian baby. as life sculpture, but it deserves no less respect. the belarusian malyavanka is a unique type of folk art. kab sabrats all these practices, saved the issuance of nyamala bastards and abuses all over belarus. but now at the museum it costs more than 250 pallets. we have a lot of little ones, both unknown ones and those known from this galina master. yanasa viktarauna, good day. we are very unworthy little creatures here, but we are very much yashche taxama shmat lvoў. tell me, dear weasel, what did you pay for such a thing and what does it mean? good day, yes, i understand that the little ones are crying out for more than the great ones who are tortured . as simple as this whole thing is, so complex is it. how many times is it in lvov, then this year we have become a museum of malyavanki and ўvogul of malyavans dyvanov and this is all about alena kish, i came up with such extraordinary lions, and this has become my style. we are so familiar with everything that it was a non-magnetic p

the optics of, as i say, are bad for, you know, for for zaslav and for hbo and for discovery. you know, there's nothing worse than, you know, i mean, you know, killing it, you're seeing a show as a tack. i mean, it's a tax write is, you know, as a horrible. whatever. you know, we're just unbelievable. one more really quick one, peter, do you think all this really is going to be resolved? the streaming if streaming works as a business, do you think that's to happen? do you think we're going to see streaming click as a really good, profitable business? well, i think probably. i'm guessing. yes, because these are these as supported tiers are going to get very popular. so i think and people you know, people like streaming because it gives you a phrase you from then that work schedule or the cable schedule, you can watch anything you want whenever. you want to watch it on your own time, your own schedule, make your own schedule. so it's incredibly especially since the studios and a lot of these companies that owned by studios and streaming are releasing films in theaters and stream

discovery is always out there potentially, david zaslav.and then he said that he had some financing but didn't articulate what it was. >> that's one of the problems, i think people are discounting whether he -- he says he has it. so take him at his word. but, you know, if he has it, where's the deal? where's the deal with skydance? i mean, what's -- larry ellison is worth how many gazillions of dollars? liz: yeah, but it's his kid, and does the dad really want to throw billions behind -- >> here, sonny if, here's 10 billion. he's got the money. so it's very strange. my guess -- what i'm hearing from my sources is she wants this, the bids are here, and it ain't happening at least not yet. and,ing by the way, the people that could buy it like comcast, you know, maybe doesn't want to go through the regulatory stuff. david zaslav, he's got his own debt to hand a although he's good at the balance sheet. it would take some real slicing and dicing here to make it work. so that's where we are right now, impasse. cliz liz charlie, thank you very muc

zaslav, the david zaslav, the head of warner brothers/discovery,.a. we reported that he was not in deal mode. it was kind of official t was probably official weeks and weeks ago. we should point out weeks and weeks ago red bird, not really red bird, essentially skydance, right? keith ellison's firm, larry ellison's firm is, and redbird has a major take in that firm, okay? they're the ones that's going to lead the buyout of this thing as least from what i understand. that is what they're negotiating. they are, what i understand for weeks. liz: david ellison. >> david ellison, i'm sorry, the lead bidder on paramount. and what they are going -- the way i understand it is this, they're going to buy shari redstone's stake, okay? whatever that is, three billion, two billion, whatever it is, okay, or maybe more. they're going to pay off the common shareholders who will sue because they get screwed in this is structured. the mario ga little gabelli es, warren buffett, we don't know if he is in the stock, common shareholders will get bade under the deal, tha

discovery's david zaslav on the call moments ago.eakness in ad revenue, down by 14 d to c subs in the u.s. and canada declined slightly but grew on a global basis they are the first hollywood media conglomerate to report an annual streaming profit. that's $123 million for '23 and they do see a billion dollar ebitda for max in 2025 >> they bought back debt, which is important, and you can point-blank say adjusted ebitda was not bad. here's the problem jim stewart had some comments, saying, look, this would be the last quarter that actually benefitted from a writer's strike, and we see what it looks like far be it from me to go against james. i thought that was very meaningful interview that he gave >> does that explain the beat on free cash flow in this quarter >> i think so. >> just the savings you did from no production? >> yeah. that's what jim pretty much implied, and i'mgoing to go with jim on that obviously, i think that everybody would like to see -- in our business, would like to see linear tv do better, but tv revenue decline

dan loeb used to go, david zaslav goes, and you used to get an incitation by mail.ique-y firm. not so in 2024 from what we understand. sources are telling the fox business network, here's what we know, instead of people trying to get in, they are calling people to come. er the planning a scaled back conference, manager like 150 as opposed total past it was 250, 300 and, again, people were bang on the doors to go. i can't tell you if margot robbie's going to be there this year or kevin mayer, i can tell you shari redstone's going to be there. but from what i understand, the landscape, be that as it may, is causing them to rehi this conference. rethink this conference. it's dramatically scaled back, i've been told. and it's like weirdly invite-only as if they don't want anybody to know that they're inviting people. and it's -- they, meaning the senior executives at lion tree are calling people that they generally bank and asking them, would you come, please, and letting them know when it is. again -- liz: you know, deer valley's a big draw. it's gorgeous. >> right. li

ceo david zaslav pointing to last year's hollywood actorses and writers' strikes as the bomb that blew a hole in its balance sheet. but with a.i.-created voices and copycats now sprouting unicorn companies, looks like the actors were right to be worried. what does the real voice of original a.i. voice, the original enabled a.i. model think? coming up, the real siri. yes, susan bennett, whose voice launched a million iphones -- more than that -- joins us in a fox business exclusive. also a screen actors' guild member, so we're going to get her opinion on that and what she's doing now. what does she think of what she spawned? okay, there's a boat load of news developing this hour beyond the records that we are seeing in the dow and the s&p. not the least of which involves the battle to win gop voters in south carolina. former president trump leading challenger nikki haley ahead of the state's primary tomorrow, but she has no intention with, apparentlying of giving up her pursuit no matter the outcome. coming up in our political panel, we're going to talk about what happens in south carol

. >> do you think we'll go over zaslav when he was away?ou had the mornings off. >> i was working thursday and friday, i just wasn't on television. >> were you really? i don't feel that he has given us the full story. >> we'll get debriefed during the break. >> it will be a private debrief. >> really? >> sure. >> like jamake sullivan? >> there's a vault 20 meters below here. >> i want to start my question by saying, congratulations, david, on a good quarter. >>> as we go to break, s&p just barely right here, shy of 5,100. watch bonds. lot of fed speak, but it really doesn't start until wednesday. of course, the tent pole data point of the week will be the pce inflaeter on thursday. ter o. [phone: starting route.] technology helps us navigate to work. [phone: go straight.] but, to navigate the complexities of modern work... [phone: turn left.] ...you need more than technology. you need cdw. [phone: you have arrived.] so we'll implement cloud based microsoft modern work solutions like microsoft 365, teams and azure, so your teams can collabor

. >> mls is great, but i think that the vision pro, if you could be at courtside, say, in david zaslav'som warner bros. discovery, if you could be at courtside, then everybody watching the show should just go this weekend and get fitted. i can't believe. i was dodging soccer balls, messi shooting soccer balls at me. i was dodging them left and right in the vision pro. >> apple is getting more aggressive, to a certain extent, mls being a perfect example of that. they do like to own the entire thing globally. they want to own it all. i don't dismiss it as a possibility, but of course, what it really does make is the bigger point, which you were making, which is, the competition from amazon and apple, and even potentially netflix. i mean, if you want to call the wwe sports instead of entertainment, it's going to be significant. so, eight years from now, when cbs's deal comes up for the nfl, i mean, are they --who's going to be in a position to compete with these guys then? it's certainly a question, but that's so far from now, jim. i mean -- >> i know. but you have to be thinking about it.

zaslav said that. low right now that a pure acquisition by another company, that would just be a disaster from where this company went two years ago, but i -- you know, at some point they may not have a choice if the economics continue to decline. i think that there will be some kind of a -- some kind of a deal, whether it's, you know, falling into the arms of comcast, which it seems very happy to just sit back and wait for warners to have more problems. or whether it's going out -- i don't see them being able to be purely inquisitive, like they're not going to go after a big company. i don't think they can. they have too much debt still, and the financials of the stock are not there. so they've got to find a deal. to be honest, i don't know what the best past is for them. >> matt belloni, thank you for waking up. congratulations. there's a big piece on him in the "new york" magazine. he's like big time now. >> hmm. >> yeah, he's the big belloni is the big time. thank you, sir. >>> coming up, the first