After beforehand issuing a warning shot to Boston College, the Writers Guild of America has confirmed that hanging union members will picket at BU’s commencement when the highest of Warner Bros. Discovery takes the stage.
BU simply these days launched that Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav may be this month’s commencement speaker amid the Hollywood writers’ strike.
The school has been in scorching water as a result of the announcement remaining week, and the Writers Guild of America has blasted the selection and warned of picketers at Nickerson Area later this month.
On Thursday, the union confirmed that members will picket the ceremony.
“The Writers Guild of America will picket Warner Bros. Discovery President & CEO David Zaslav at Boston College’s All-Scholar Graduation Workout routines at Nickerson Area on Sunday, Could 21, 2023, starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT,” the Writers Guild of America, East, talked about in a press launch on Thursday.
Zaslav, a BU Legislation alum from 1985, is amongst eight Hollywood CEOs pictured on a viral itemizing who collectively made larger than $773 million in 2021, in step with the writers’ guild. Zaslav took home $246 million that 12 months, the guild posted on-line.
Zaslav was requested regarding the writers’ strike all through a TV look remaining week.
“Everyone deserves to be paid pretty,” Zaslav talked about on CNBC. “So our primary focus is let’s try to get this resolved. Let’s do it in a method that the writers really feel that they’re valued, which they’re, and so they’re compensated pretty, after which off we go. Let’s inform nice tales collectively.”
Final Thursday morning, BU tweeted about Zaslav throughout the commencement announcement, “He oversaw the launch of a number of the fastest-growing networks within the US and the rise of in style channels, reminiscent of Animal Planet, HGTV, Meals Community, & TLC.”
The school has not responded to various requests for comment regarding the criticism of the speaker select.
In the meantime, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos this week talked about he gained’t attend the PEN America Gala in Manhattan, citing the writers’ strike. The Netflix CEO was going to easily settle for a Enterprise Visionary Award on the event.
“Given the menace to disrupt this glorious night, I believed it was greatest to tug out in order to not distract from the essential work that PEN America does for writers and journalists, in addition to the celebration of my good friend and private hero Lorne Michaels,” Sarandos talked about in a press launch. “I hope the night is a superb success.”
Herald wire firms had been used on this report.
