If you ask Zaslav, though, the reason Roberts and other potential buyers of media assets aren't interested is because the government has scared them away.
Or, perhaps, legacy media companies are simply undesirable assets to own.
He extended the life of his previous company, Discovery Communications — and probably his own tenure running a media company — by merging it with AT&T's WarnerMedia in 2022.
Without a deal, Discovery would have wallowed as a subscale content provider and owner of declining cable networks.
Discovery with another legacy media company, such as Paramount Global , Fox or Disney , or NBCUniversal, if it were spun off from Comcast.
Persons:
David Zaslav, David Grogan, Brian Roberts, " Roberts, Comcast's, Roberts, Zaslav, Shari Redstone, Rob Kindler, Paul, Weiss, they've, Kindler, haven't, Morgan Stanley's, Donald Trump's, There's, Joe Biden's, Simon, Simon & Schuster, JD Vance, Lina Khan's, Lina Khan, Biden, Vance, Kamala Harris
Organizations:
Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, CNBC Comcast, Warner Bros, Discovery, Allen & Co, Sun, Paramount, Skydance Media, CNBC Redstone, Starz, AMC Networks, Vice Media, Discovery Communications, NBA, Apple, Paramount Global, Fox, Disney, Comcast, CNBC, Google, Scripps Networks Interactive, Time Warner, Scripps, Viacom, CBS, Sky, AMC, IFC, Sundance, Lionsgate, Media, Republican, Democratic, Donald Trump's Department of Justice, Simon &, Random, MGM, Federal Trade, & $
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Sun Valley , Idaho, RemedyFest