Max KennerlyApr 13, 2023

People are saying mean things about Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav making $39 million last year (and $203 million the year before), but he earns every penny of it with brilliant business decisions like:
* repositioning CNN as light beer Fox News
* shelving the finished Batgirl movie
* greenlighting a 70+ hour Harry Potter remake nobody wanted
* inexplicably renaming HBO

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-pay-39-million-2022-1235568306/

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Pay Revealed

Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav’s pay package topped $39 million in 2022, down considerably from the staggering figure he hit in the year prior, thanks to a massive $203 million sto…

Variety
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@maxkennerly don't forget scrapping entire series as a tax write offs.

https://nypost.com/2022/08/23/john-oliver-rips-hbo-max-parent-for-canceling-shows-series-of-tax-write-offs/

John Oliver rips HBO Max parent for canceling shows: 'Series of tax write-offs'

“HBO Max: It’s not TV. It’s a series of tax-write-offs to appease Wall Street,” Oliver said.

New York Post
Apr 13, 2023 at 4:12amWeb