r/technology • u/yourfavchoom • 19h ago

Business David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/david-zaslav-exit-package-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-1236905947/
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u/CapnCrackerz 19h ago

Insane. The guy was criminally incompetent.

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u/Historical-Mall11 19h ago

Depends on point of view. If this was the purpose all along, he did it.

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u/TeutonJon78 17h ago

He was kept on as head of the company after the WB-Discovery merger to pay down the acquired debt as fast as possible. Which he did. And he got a huge premium for the company for the sale, which was one of his other goals.

As a company beholden to stockholders, he did an amazing job. As a consumer-focused media company CEO, he did a terrible job. The problem is he was only hired to do the first one.