David Zaslav Calls Meeting With Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson After TCM Layoffs
thewrap.comThe Los Angeles Times that he keeps TCM on one of the screens in his editing suite while he’s working.“It gives me something to turn to, to bounce off of, to rest in, to reinvigorate my thinking — just glancing at some image or combination of images at a certain moment,” he told the outlet. “It’s more like a presence in the room, a reminder of film history as a living, ongoing entity.”“I fear for the future of TCM,” he added at the time. “So does everyone else I know who loves movies.”Zaslav himself touted the network when joined Spielberg and Anderson at the 14th TCM Classic Film Festival in April. “I’m a fan just like you.
If I wasn’t here, I would be sitting with you,” he said, according to Deadline. “I watch Turner Classic Movies all the time.
It’s the history of our country, the motion pictures.”The meeting comes after US Networks Group chairman and chief content officer Kathleen Finch confirmed in a memo to staffers on Tuesday that TCM’s general manager Pola Chagnon would be leaving the company after more than 25 years.
Following the announcement, TheWrap exclusively learned that TCM’s senior vice president of programming and content strategy Charles Tabesh, vice president of studio production Anne Wilson, vice president of marketing and creative Dexter Fedor and TCM Enterprises vice president Genevieve McGillicuddy would all be exiting the company as well.
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