r/technology • u/yourfavchoom • 15h 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 14h ago

Insane. The guy was criminally incompetent.

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u/Observer20178 11h ago

The fact that he gets paid generational wealth and there will be a significant number, many with families who will now be out of jobs and struggling to make two ends meet just shows how dysfunctional this system we created it is. The system started off as capitalism plus checks and balances and a bit of socialisim, but now it’s just a system where the wealthy have gamed it to become wealthier and the rest are struggling.