Within hours after it was published this week, a GQ article that took critical aim at David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, had vanished.
The men's magazine removed the 1,400-word piece from its website on Monday without an explanation to its readers, a move uncommon in news media. Several days later, competing media outlets caught wind of its disappearance and began to unravel the unusual editorial step.
GQ's decision to delete the article reportedly came only after the magazine received pushback from Zaslav, according to the Washington Post. A spokesperson for the chief executive had complained about the piece after it was published, and the story underwent extensive edits later that afternoon before it was deleted.
