Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Largely Evades Questions About Paramount Global And NBA Talks, Says Executive Pay “Should Be Aligned” With Stock Performance

Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav largely evaded questions about NBA talks and Paramount Global‘s potential as a WBD merger partner, but he did weigh in on the hot topic of executive pay. “All CEOs need to be paid with alignment with shareholders,” he declared. In 2023, a year when his company’s stock price hovered around $10 a share, less than half of its value when it began trading in 2022, Zaslav collected a total payday of $49.7 million, up more than $10 million from the prior year. The commen ...