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Under David Zaslav’s leadership, WBD got very into the practice of shelving its own nearly completed projects in order to cash in on subsequent tax write-offs.

WBD repeatedly turned down offers from Netflix, Amazon, and Paramount to distribute Coyote v. Acme.

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