Barbarians in the Luxury Boxes

David Zaslav courtside as WBD stock sinks; Tony Vinciquerra predicts two years of entertainment 'chaos' as investor conferences signal the coming M&A reckoning

SPORTY SPICE A newly goateed David Zaslav at the U.S. Open with BFFs (from left) Bobby Kotick, Elon Musk and Barry Diller. (MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Welcome to the Jamboree, my weekly series of quick(ish) takes on the industry’s passing parade.

This Week’s Jamboree Listening Companion:

(Enjoy with each item as you read)

Hardest Working Sports Fan in Showbiz

Warners Disco stock slid into all-time low territory this week. A good moment, perhaps, for a CEO to fly under the radar a bit? But as series were cut and jobs slashed, one man, as ever, is working overtime. That’d be tireless, indefatigable CEO David Zaslav, who enjoyed the U.S. Open men’s final with . . . well, whom would you most want your CEO pictured sitting next to these days? (See photograph above.)

So it seems a good moment for us to look back at the many game days and buddies of Hollywood’s favorite CEO, David Zaslav: