GQ Pulled a David Zaslav Takedown After Warner Spox Complained
- 7 months ago
GQ Pulled a David Zaslav Takedown After Warner Spox Complained.
The article on the GQ website was a fierce critique of David Zaslav, comparing the Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive to the ruthless business tycoon played by Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.”
Then, hours after the article went online on Monday, it disappeared with no explanation. The article had been altered, and then deleted, after Warner Bros. Discovery raised an objection with the magazine.
Publications often amend or correct articles after they’re published. But it is unusual for mainstream news organizations like GQ to remove an article entirely. And some GQ readers noticed and voiced their concerns on social media.
In a statement, GQ said the article had not been properly edited before it was published.
“After a revision was published, the writer of the piece asked to have their byline removed, at which point GQ decided to unpublish the piece in question,” the statement said. “GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a story being published before it was ready.”
GQ’s story was put in motion late last month, when an editor at the magazine asked Jason Bailey, a freelancer, to write an analysis that explained why Mr. Zaslav was “the most hated man in Hollywood,” according to two people with knowledge of the assignment.
The article on the GQ website was a fierce critique of David Zaslav, comparing the Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive to the ruthless business tycoon played by Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.”
Then, hours after the article went online on Monday, it disappeared with no explanation. The article had been altered, and then deleted, after Warner Bros. Discovery raised an objection with the magazine.
Publications often amend or correct articles after they’re published. But it is unusual for mainstream news organizations like GQ to remove an article entirely. And some GQ readers noticed and voiced their concerns on social media.
In a statement, GQ said the article had not been properly edited before it was published.
“After a revision was published, the writer of the piece asked to have their byline removed, at which point GQ decided to unpublish the piece in question,” the statement said. “GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a story being published before it was ready.”
GQ’s story was put in motion late last month, when an editor at the magazine asked Jason Bailey, a freelancer, to write an analysis that explained why Mr. Zaslav was “the most hated man in Hollywood,” according to two people with knowledge of the assignment.
The article on the GQ website was a fierce critique of David Zaslav, comparing the Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive to the ruthless business tycoon played by Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.”
Then, hours after the article went online on Monday, it disappeared with no explanation. The article had been altered, and then deleted, after Warner Bros. Discovery raised an objection with the magazine.
Publications often amend or correct articles after they’re published. But it is unusual for mainstream news organizations like GQ to remove an article entirely. And some GQ readers noticed and voiced their concerns on social media.
In a statement, GQ said the article had not been properly edited before it was published.
“After a revision was published, the writer of the piece asked to have their byline removed, at which point GQ decided to unpublish the piece in question,” the statement said. “GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a story being published before it was ready.”
GQ’s story was put in motion late last month, when an editor at the magazine asked Jason Bailey, a freelancer, to write an analysis that explained why Mr. Zaslav was “the most hated man in Hollywood,” according to two people with knowledge of the assignment.
The article on the GQ website was a fierce critique of David Zaslav, comparing the Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive to the ruthless business tycoon played by Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.”
Then, hours after the article went online on Monday, it disappeared with no explanation. The article had been altered, and then deleted, after Warner Bros. Discovery raised an objection with the magazine.
Publications often amend or correct articles after they’re published. But it is unusual for mainstream news organizations like GQ to remove an article entirely. And some GQ readers noticed and voiced their concerns on social media.
In a statement, GQ said the article had not been properly edited before it was published.
“After a revision was published, the writer of the piece asked to have their byline removed, at which point GQ decided to unpublish the piece in question,” the statement said. “GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a story being published before it was ready.”
GQ’s story was put in motion late last month, when an editor at the magazine asked Jason Bailey, a freelancer, to write an analysis that explained why Mr. Zaslav was “the most hated man in Hollywood,” according to two people with knowledge of the assignment.