![]() ![]() “As is also standard practice, we contacted the outlet and asked that numerous inaccuracies be corrected. “The freelance reporter made no attempt to reach out to Warner Bros Discovery to fact-check the substance of the piece before publishing - a standard practice for any reputable news outlet,” the spokesperson said. Discovery offered a slightly different take. GQ regrets the editorial error that led to a story being published before it was ready.”īut a spokesperson for Warner Bros. After a revision was published, the writer of the piece asked to have their byline removed, at which point GQ decided to unpublish the piece in question. Discovery complained about the initial story to two GQ editors, one of whom was Welch.Ī representative for GQ said, “A piece published by GQ on Monday was not properly edited before going live. Sources say Welch was involved in the discussions surrounding the removal of Bailey’s initial story and made the call to pull the revamped story, which ran some 500 words shorter than the published version. The project already has a script in place by Ken Cheng, Jessica Gao and Jimmy O. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”) is attached to direct and produce the film, which chronicles an audacious European museum crime wave that targeted Chinese antiquities. titled “The Great Chinese Art Heist,” which is based on a 2018 GQ article by Alex W. GQ editor-in-chief Will Welch is producing a movie at Warner Bros. play a role in the softening and ultimate removal of the story? That version, too, vanished not long after, leaving readers puzzled.īut did a GQ editor’s relationship with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood.” The piece, which was written by freelance film critic Jason Bailey and slammed Zaslav as a Logan Roy-esque mogul, quickly disappeared from GQ’s website, while a new, more friendly version popped up with a separate URL. On July 3, GQ.com rolled out a hot-take story titled “How Warner Bros. ![]()
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