Discovery CEO Says Pricey Sports Makes U.S. Pay TV an “Overstuffed Bubble”

Posted onMay 17, 2018AuthorPaul Sweeting

David Zaslav told an investors conference that $15-per-month sports-free skinny bundles will reverse the industry’s subscriber decline.

Source: Discovery CEO Says Pricey Sports Makes U.S. Pay TV an “Overstuffed Bubble”

One of the more striking aspects of the conversation around Musk’s pursuit of Twitter, including from Musk himself, has been its U.S.-centric focus. Much of the discussion has been framed against the backdrop of the U.S. culture war and the ersatz controversy over so-called cancel culture, such as around whether Musk will invite U.S. figures like Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Alex Jones to rejoin the platform after they were banned by the previous management for violating Twitter’s policies on hate speech and disinformation. Yet Twitter is a global platform. Read More …

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