Media CEO Pay 2025: How David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos and Other Moguls Made Bank as Hollywood Struggled Variety Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders sent a clear message to David Zaslav last month: Greed isn’t good. On April 23, they approved a plan to sell the company to Paramount for $110.9 billion, while overwhelmingly rejecting the windfall Zaslav is set to receive when the deal closes — as much as $886 million, according to Warners, though his actual payout will likely be less than that. In the nonbinding vote, owners holding 82% of shares opposed Zaslav’s golden parachute, which gives the Warner Bros. Discovery chief $552 million in stock, cash and benefits, as well as up to $335.4 million in reimbursement to take care of the tax bill on his lavish payday (an amount the company says will decline to zero by the end of 2026).…