![]() ![]() University officials did not respond to a request for comment. After the university announced he would be the speaker, the Writers Guild, as well as the BU Young Democratic Socialists of America, and the BU Graduate Workers Union, asked the university to rescind the invitation and organized the protest. Zaslav, who graduated from the university’s law school in the mid-1980s, was a controversial choice. A BU graduate holds a sign that reads, "Who wrote your speech? ChatGPT?" during the commencement address of David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Inside, students booed when Zaslav received his honorary degree, and heckled him throughout his 20-minute speech. "I'm very happy that people are able to protest peacefully." "It is slightly uncomfortable, but I really feel comfortable with the process," she said. She did enter the event but said she supported the strikers' cause. Maura O'Gara, of Quincy, was there to see her daughter graduate. "It just completely goes against my code of ethics and I don't have it in me," she said. Graduating senior Talia Havivi showed up in her red commencement robes - but said she couldn't cross the picket line to go to the ceremony. (Steven Senne/AP)Įven as the protestors drowned out BU's announcement system with their chanting, they found support among parents and students. Over head, a plane flew a banner that read, "David Zaslav - pay your writers." A message in support of the Hollywood writers' strike is pulled by an airplane above Boston University commencement. "I don't have a paycheck coming in, and instead of sitting at my typewriter I'm holding a sign and walking around on Commonwealth Avenue," said Boston-based screenwriter Gary Wolf as he marched outside BU's Nickerson Field. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stands onstage before delivering a commencement address at Boston University on May 21, 2023. ![]() They point out that executives like Zaslav and other major studio executives make tens of millions of dollars every year. The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since the beginning of the month, calling for higher pay, more money from streaming, and safeguards around the use of artificial intelligence. Graduating students protested with chants during the ceremony itself. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav as the speaker. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)ĭozens of striking TV and film writers, as well as supporters from other area unions, protested outside Boston University's commencement Sunday, which featured Warner Bros. Screenwriters and WGA union members protested Boston University's commencement ceremony, which invited Warner Bros. ![]()
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