I accept that this article is published in the New York Post and not the New York Times, but reality comes in all flavors -
https://nypost.com/2019/08/18/execs-style-puts-hbo-streaming-plan-in-peril-critics/
The Cliff Notes version is that HBO Stankey is in over his head and does not understand the fluid lunacy of creative organizations.
Screaming? Yelling? Threatening careers?
That works in getting desperate middle class workers to hang more drops or crank out more code, but creative thinkers and artistic people are a strange kind of human - they will just pick up and leave you.
The article touches on the exodus of key talent from HBO and Warner.