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Happy Sunday, and welcome back to Dry Powder. Naturally, David Zaslav and Gunnar Wiedenfels tried to put a positive spin on WBD’s fourth quarter results. The reality, of course, is much more complex. This afternoon, a close inspection of WBD’s debt journey, my thoughts on the latest insane Carlos Watson revelations, and some observations on the ongoing spiral of Credit Suisse.
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Naturally, David Zaslav and Gunnar Wiedenfels tried to put a positive spin on WBD’s fourth quarter results. The reality, of course, is much more complex. This afternoon, a close inspection of WBD’s debt journey, my thoughts on the latest insane Carlos Watson revelations, and some observations on the ongoing spiral of Credit Suisse.

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During his presentation of Warner Bros. Discovery’s fourth quarter results, on Thursday, I wouldn’t say that David Zaslav put lipstick on a pig, as the old Wall Street saw goes, but he definitely put a great spin on some rather tepid news. For instance, the company’s $12 billion Adjusted EBITDA projection for 2023 has been adjusted downward by Zaz to the “low to mid” $11 billion range—“pro-forma adjusted EBITDA,” as Zaz put it.

I am on record as having great admiration for Zaz and what he’s trying to pull off here. But I just don’t understand what “pro-forma adjusted EBITDA” even means, other than that WBD would probably be making less than...

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