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      Warner Bros. Discovery president David Zaslav faced boos and chants at Boston University's commencement ceremony​ on May 21, 2023, nearly three weeks into a Writers Guild of America strike. ​

      'Pay Your Writers': Boston University Crowd Disrupts CEO's Graduation Speech Amid Strike

      Writers Guild of America members and local allies picketed outside while the crowd in the stadium booed David Zaslav and made clear to the industry executive that "we don't want you here."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 21, 2023

      As unionized film and television writers across the United States continue to strike, Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav was met with critical chants both inside and outside of Boston University's Sunday commencement ceremony, during which he spoke and received an honorary degree.

      After weeks of negotiating with Zaslav's company as well as Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, and Sony under the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the Writers Guild of America (WGA) launched the strike in early May, saying that "the studios' responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing."

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      Writers participates at a demonstration in front of the Fox studio in Los Angeles, California, 05 November 2007.

      'No Other Choice': TV & Film Writers Strike to Fight Hollywood Greed

      "The companies have broken this business. They have taken so much from the very people, the writers, who have made them wealthy."

      Jon Queally
      May 02, 2023

      Unionized film and television writers are on strike Tuesday after a midnight deadline came without a deal with executives of the major producers and streaming giants in Hollywood.

      The negotiating committee representing both the East and West Coast branches of the Writers Guild of America said in a statement that the strike would be in effect as of 12:01 am and that members—who voted last month to authorize a strike if one became necessary—would be on the picket line beginning Tuesday afternoon in both Los Angeles and New York.

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