Warner Bros. Discovery is in poor shape — so much so that Chief Executive David Zaslav has decided to unwind the 2022 merger he orchestrated by splitting the company in two.
#Brunchlord https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-06-23/hollywood-ceo-pay
Hollywood is in bad shape. You wouldn't know it from CEO pay
Hollywood struggled in 2024, but the median pay for media and entertainment executives increased 7% from the previous year and doubled the median compensation for CEOs at S&P 500 companies.
One change they're not willing to endorse, however, is another compensation bump for Zaslav.
#brunchlordhttps://www.businessinsider.com/wbd-david-zaslav-pay-compensation-spinoff-2025-6
David Zaslav is under fire as Warner Bros. Discovery stalls
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders just rejected CEO David Zaslav's pay package. Wall Street thinks a split-up of the company may be next.
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By now we’ve well established that the AT&T–>Time Warner–>Discovery series of media mergers were some of the dumbest, most pointless “business” exercises ever conceived. …
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