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Welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, my weekly dispatch on the streaming industry and the analytics behind it all. Tonight, a close look at Amazon’s long-term ambitions in live sports.
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Tonight, a close look at Amazon’s long-term ambitions in live sports. But first…

The Zaz Doctrine
Last week, Warner Bros. Discovery C.F.O. Gunnar Wiedenfels told those gathered for a Citibank conference that streaming was priced way too low, industry spending was way too high, and that WBD would be the first (and not the last) to take significant action in more efficiently monetizing its entertainment tier. For nearly a year, Gunnar has been C.E.O. David Zaslav’s advance man to Wall Street, the guy who conveys the hard truths of the company’s philosophy while the boss...

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