The Writers Guild of America will picket Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav at Boston University’s commencement ceremony at Nickerson Field on May 21 beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Zaslav is set to deliver the school’s 150th commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremony. Other honorary degree recipients include US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (news of her degree received massive applause); renowned vaccine researcher Drew Weissman; philanthropist and professional clarinetist Edward Avedisian, who died in December 2022; his wife, philanthropist and musician Pamela Avedisian; and longtime BU trustee Stephen R. Karp, founder and chair of New England Development.
Representatives for Boston University and Warner Bros. Discovery did not immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment.
The Writers Guild of America is on strike for the first time since November 2007 after the group was unable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike involves a long list of concerns that the writers want Hollywood studios to address, from the low pay involved in writing streaming series to reining in “mini-rooms” used to skirt contractual pay practices to addressing the use of artificial intelligence.
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