A hefty option grant depends on plan to separate streaming and studios from cable networks

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders registered complaints that the salary they’d already paid CEO David Zaslav was too damn high. To fix this for the future, Deadline reports that the studio head will have his pay “substantially” reduced when the company splits into two entities,

WBD CEO David Zaslav will see his pay package take a hit after the proposed separation of Warner Bros. Discovery in 2026, while he's also set to receive millions of new stock options.