As talks continue with Gabrielle Union over the former America’s Got Talent judge’s racial discrimination claims, NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy has become the subject of an in…
, is repped by a team at the uber-agency, the conversation with an apparently shocked Dave Bugliari saw Telegdy proclaiming that Union “had better cease from pursuing her claims of racism while filming,” according to the DFEH filing. “Union’s agent could not recall another instance in his career when a senior executive at a network had threatened and intimidated an employee during an ongoing workplace investigation,” the paperwork added.
Still, the pending sweeping changes in NBCU’s TV operations, which are expected to also involve both a corporate reorganization and significant staff reductions, had been in the works for weeks. On NBCUniversal’s earnings call Thursday, NBCU CEOLazarus is “finalizing a new structure” that will shift resources toward streaming and away from traditional TV operations.
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