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Discovery Boss Tells Broadcasters To Stand Firmer Against Tech Giants
- The Telegraph, Friday, September 18, 2015 8:25 AM
The chief executive of Discovery Networks, the television arm of John Malone’s global media and telecoms empire, has called on the industry to push back against erosion of its power by Apple, Amazon and Netflix. David Zaslav, who was America’s best-paid chief executive last year with a total package worth more than $156m, said broadcasters and producers should resist pressure to serve up programming piecemeal to the benefit of technology giants.
