A report on media CEO pay for 2025 highlights how figures like David Zaslav, Bob Iger, and Ted Sarandos earned substantial amounts while Hollywood faced challenges, with Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders rejecting a proposed sale to Paramount.

A new analysis by ISS-Corporate found that CEO pay packages in the media and entertainment sector surged by an eye-opening 117% in 2025, significantly outpacing the overall S&P 500 increase.

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved the Paramount deal but rejected a proposal regarding CEO David Zaslav's $800 million compensation package.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) supports the proposed deal between Warner Bros and Paramount but has rejected CEO David Zaslav's substantial $886 million golden parachute.

Leading proxy advisory firm ISS recommended Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders support the company’s sale to Paramount Skydance but advised against CEO David Zaslav’s potential $886 million merger-related golden parachute.

WBD CEO David Zaslav is projected to receive a payout exceeding $800 million following the Paramount Skydance deal, highlighting new 'golden parachutes' for top executives.

WBD also disclosed a potential payout David Zaslav of $887 million, though the actual number could be lower or higher, depending on if Paramount pays a ticking fee, or if a tax reimbursement is lower.

David Zaslav almost sounded like Martin Scorsese in his effusive praise of cinema and what his Warner Bros Discovery studio achieved Sunday night at the Oscars.

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, filed to sell just over $114 million worth of stock in the company. His planned sale of the shares comes less than a week after WBD clinched a deal to sell itself to Paramount Skydance for $31 per share, after Netflix walked away from its deal […]

Two and a half months after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav touted the deal to sell Warner Bros. to Netflix at a Dec.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gave no indication of which way the company is leaning as it sizes up a sweetened buyout offer from Paramount against its planned merger with Netflix – but he…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has stated that HBO Max is "probably" the company's "most important asset." His comments underscore the streaming service's strategic significance within the media conglomerate.

Despite a reported fall in Warner Bros. Discovery's revenue in 2025, CEO David Zaslav's compensation reportedly tripled, drawing attention to executive pay practices.

The Hollywood Reporter analyzes the latest ups and downs in the industry, highlighting Sydney Sweeney's recent successes and challenges, David Zaslav's denied payday, and the ongoing situation surrounding the film 'Michael'. The piece offers an overview of various industry figures and projects.

Hollywood is debating David Zaslav's legacy and potential departure from Warner Bros. Discovery as Paramount Skydance reportedly moves closer to acquiring the company. The potential $500 million exit is a key point of discussion.

Does David Zaslav deserve to receive more than half a billion dollars in connection with the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance?

Proxy advisory firm ISS has strongly criticized the "extraordinary" $887 million golden parachute compensation package for Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav.

The Warner Bros. mogul’s $111 billion deal with David Ellison reveals the next stage of the business: The rich get richer, the big get bigger and everybody else is left in the dust.

Not long ago, Mr. Zaslav was widely criticized for his management of Warner Bros. Discovery. He overcame the doubters, cementing a blockbuster sale to Paramount.

Paramount is reportedly acquiring Warner Bros for $111 billion after Netflix withdrew from the bidding. The potential takeover has raised concerns due to the possible future owners' ties to former US President Donald Trump, which could lead to changes at CNN.

Warner Bros. Discovery leaders David Zaslav and JB Perrette talked up the potential of upcoming slates for Warner Bros.

The substantial payout received by Warner CEO David Zaslav is being highlighted as a cautionary tale regarding executive incentives and compensation.

A proxy advisor is recommending shareholders vote against David Zaslav's $886 million compensation package from the Warner sale, calling it "extraordinary" and "problematic."

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and CEO David Zaslav have successfully defeated a securities fraud lawsuit concerning the company's failed renewal of its NBA broadcasting rights.

While David Zaslav has stolen most of the headlines for his personal financial gains from the Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount merger, several other rich payouts are in the offing. The same SEC filing that laid out Zaslav’s expected $886.8 million in merger-related compensation Monday also included some eye-popping figures for other principals. Most of the loot […]

Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav is selling stock worth north of $114 million, according to an SEC filing Tuesday, with the company’s sale to Paramount pending and the cash…

Who won (and lost) this week in entertainment: From Paramount to Netflix to David Zaslav and CNN amid the Paramount-WBD merger twist, to Shia LaBeouf, Tyra Banks and the high-cringe BAFTAs mess.

That was fast. A week ago Warner Bros. Discovery had a deal in hand with Netflix. Today it wished the giant streamer well but has moved on.