Mastodawn

David Zaslav 2025 Pay Levitates To $165 Million On Option Awards Initially Tied To WBD’s Planned Split
#News #Ceopay #DavidZaslav #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/04/david-zaslav-2025-pay-surges-massive-option-award-1236876846/

Deadline Apr 27

It’s Not Just David Zaslav: Media & Entertainment CEO Pay Surged 117% In 2025, Report Finds
#Executives #News #CEO #Ceopay #DavidZaslav #ExecutiveCompensation #ISS

https://deadline.com/2026/04/media-entertainment-ceo-pay-surges-iss-david-zaslav-1236873501/

It’s Not Just David Zaslav: Media & Entertainment CEO Pay Surged 117% In 2025, Report Finds

Across the S&P 500, CEO pay packages for 2025 rose nearly 11% over 2024 levels – and media and entertainment led all sectors with a dramatic 117% surge.

Deadline

Deadline Apr 24

Comcast Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh Lands $72 Million Pay Package For 2025
#News #BrianRoberts #Ceopay #Comcast #MikeCavanagh

https://deadline.com/2026/04/comcast-co-ceo-mike-cavanagh-pay-package-2025-1236871263/

Comcast Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh Lands $72 Million Pay Package For 2025

Comcast co-CEOs Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanagh had packages worth, respectively, $35.1 million and $71.8 million for 2025.

Deadline

Deadline Apr 24

Paramount Ex-President Jeff Shell’s 2025 Pay Tops $60 Million
#News #Ceopay #DavidEllison #JeffShell #Paramount

https://deadline.com/2026/04/paramount-jeff-shell-2025-pay-package-1236871206/

Paramount Ex-President Jeff Shell’s 2025 Pay Tops $60 Million

Former Paramount President Jeff Shell had a 2025 package worth $61 million. CEO David Ellison's compensation totaled $63 million.

Deadline

PatternChaser Apr 24

Some might feel that CEOs deserve punishment, not huge rewards for what they do.

Reduce their benefits to what their workers receive. That means, roughly, a decrease in pay from £5.9m to (a generous) £59k per annum.

#FatCats #Inequality #CeoPay

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/04/23/ceo-pay-will-increase-by-200-percent/

Shareholders mulling 200% rise in average CEO pay

Shareholders at the UK's largest companies are mulling bonuses for CEOs that would amount to three times their salary

Canary

Deadline Apr 23

TKO CEO Ari Emanuel Sees 2025 Pay Package Jump To $67 Million; COO Mark Shapiro At $46 Million
#Sports #AriEmanuel #Ceopay #MarkShapiro #TKOGroup

https://deadline.com/2026/04/tko-group-ceo-pay-ari-emanuel-mark-shapiro-1236870291/

TKO CEO Ari Emanuel Sees 2025 Pay Package Jump To $67 Million; COO Mark Shapiro At $46 Million

Ari Emanuel, executive chair and CEO of UFC and WWE parent TKO Group, saw 2025 compensation of $67.36 million, up sharply from the year before.

Deadline

Deadline Apr 9

Leading Shareholder Advisor ISS Backs WBD-Paramount Merger But Slams David Zaslav’s “Windfall” Payout
#News #Ceopay #DavidZaslav #Paramount #ParamountWarner #ParamountWBD #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/04/david-zaslav-golden-parachute-warner-bros-paramount-merger-1236785413/

Leading Shareholder Advisor ISS Backs WBD-Paramount Merger But Slams David Zaslav’s “Windfall” Payout

Big proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service advised WBD shareholders to reject the CEO's payout, but support the sale to Paramount.

Deadline

Deadline Apr 4

Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch 2025 Pay Was $6.7 Million Amid Lionsgate Split
#News #Ceopay #ExecutiveCompensation #Jeffhirsch #Starz

https://deadline.com/2026/04/starz-ceo-jeff-hirsch-2025-pay-lionsgate-splt-1236779391/

Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch 2025 Pay Was $6.7 Million Amid Lionsgate Split

Starz chief executive Jeff Hirsch saw a pay package of $6.75 million for 2025, a transition year with the split from Lionsgate Studios.

Deadline

Deadline Apr 2

Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble Sees 2025 Pay Package Rise 10% To $10.8 Million As Proxy Season Gets Underway
#News #Ceopay #Cinemark #SeanGamble

https://deadline.com/2026/04/cinemark-ceo-sean-gamble-2025-pay-package-1236771810/

Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble Sees 2025 Pay Package Rise 10% To $10.8 Million As Proxy Season Gets Underway

Sean Gamble, chief executive of the nation’s third largest theater chain, saw his total compensation rise about 10% in 2025 to $10.8 million.

Deadline

Jim Hightower Jan 20

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: $770 MILLION in pay

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser: $100 MILLION+ as new banker baseline

How? Fired tens of thousands, took their wages.

#WallStreet #Inequality #CEOPay

My take on the "Wall Street Bankers' Hard Time Blues": https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/sing-along-to-the-wall-street-bankers

Sing Along to “The Wall Street Bankers’ Hard Time Blues”

One of the most obnoxious sounds in nature is the whine of a Wall Street banker.

Jim Hightower's Lowdown