Warner Bros. Discovery Moves Up Launch of New Diversity Pipeline Program After Industry Outcry
thewrap.comshuttered as part of cost-cutting moves. WBD’s chief DEI officer Asif Sadiq will partner with Warner Bros. Television upon the completion of the current workshop class and will work to grow the program.
The announcement from Warner Bros. Discovery came shortly after a statement on Wednesday from the DGA that the guild would “fight” against the decision to dismantle the program and said that including it is mandated as part of the guild’s collective bargaining agreement. “This program was established as the result of the Guild’s decades of work to pressure the Studios to diversify their hiring practices,” the DGA said in part in a statement. “It is unconscionable that proven efforts to diversify our industry are so quickly and cavalierly sacrificed.
We have been in contact with WB and have received their commitment to work with us to remedy this important matter. We will do everything in our power to make sure they do so.”Warner Bros.
Discovery says in its announcement that the workshop programs are being rebranded and now expanded across its entire content portfolio rather than just TV, though it added that WBTV will continue to be an important partner for the workshop.
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