“The company now expects to exceed $1.7 billion in free cash flow for the third quarter of 2023, in part due to the strong performance of ‘Barbie’ as well as incremental impact from strike-related factors,” the entertainment giant says in a regulatory filing.

  • @robbotlove
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    851 year ago

    wouldn’t it be cheaper to just pay your employees appropriately?

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      Probably, but that would make them appear weak at the monthly Supervillain Club meeting, can’t have that!

      • @[email protected]
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        471 year ago

        I thought you were joking. But you’re not.

        Zaslav will speak at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, along with other Hollywood leaders.

        • @Sanctus
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          171 year ago

          Fuck, why can’t this be fictional? And their only retort will be similar to “from my point of view, the jedi are evil”.

        • @Cruxifux
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          71 year ago

          Why is it that every time I see something evil it’s followed by “Evil McBastard will be speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference.”

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            51 year ago

            Because while it’s an exaggeration to say that money is the root of all evil, it’s true that obsession with money at the expense of everything else is the root of most of the worst evil. And that’s where Goldman Sachs comes in, wearing a suit sewn from the calloused and otherwise abused skin of poor people.

            Figuratively, of course.

            • @Cruxifux
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              21 year ago

              Yeah it was kind of a rhetorical question. I already knew the answer.

              • @Viking_Hippie
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                21 year ago

                I know, but felt like elucidating nonetheless 😁

            • SokathHisEyesOpen
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              11 year ago

              The actual scripture says “the love of money is the root of all evil”, which seems pretty accurate to me.

              • @Viking_Hippie
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                21 year ago

                Yeah I know and agree. I did some needless paraphrasing to make absolutely sure that everyone knew exactly what I was talking about lol

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      It’s not always about money, sometimes it’s about control. Look at companies dragging overperforming WFH employees back to the office…

  • athos77
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    291 year ago

    If they’re so important to your bottom line, maybe you should pay them more.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    Are these the disgusting greedbags that actually suggested “starving out” people and families currently not receiving any income during the strikes?

  • @londos
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    “David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., was paid $498,915,318 between 2018 and 2022…”

    Edit: Src

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    11 year ago

    As someone with investments in them… Good. I hope it stings.

    Profits should not be coming at the cost of your people’s livelihoods.