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Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping

The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders in the years ahead

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Average CEO pay rises to $17.7 million as America’s wealth divide gets uglier

The Independent UK

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approve Paramount Skydance deal

Shareholders did not approve the executive compensation package presented at the meeting.

Axios

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Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance

The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block it

The Guardian - US

Is the Warner Bros./Paramount Deal Not as Set in Hollywood Stone As We Thought?

Shareholder advisory firm ISS just recommended that Warner Bros. Discovery investors vote against CEO David Zaslav’s massive “golden parachute” payout, calling the over half-billion-dollar package “unwarranted.” This comes ahead of the company’s April 23 special shareholder meeting, where the proposed merger with Paramount Skydance will also be on the table.

The Mary Sue

Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s $887 million ‘extraordinary’ golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS

Fortune

Warner Bros. CEO To Receive Golden Parachute Worth Up To $800 Million

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is expected to receive close to $800 million in compensation following Warner's sale to Paramount Skydance.

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Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal

One of the best-paid executives in Hollywood has already made $113m after selling shares in WBD this month

The Guardian - UK

Is the Warner Bros. Saga Near Its End? Insiders Sell +$200M in Shares

Warner Bros. Discovery insiders are cashing in after the company's deal with Paramount, raising the question of whether investors should follow suit.

MarketBeat

Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery in mega deal: the winners, losers and Trump’s man in the middle

Netflix’s planned acquisition of Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has fallen apart at the eleventh hour, as Paramount Skydance has made a “superior” proposal to buy the conglomerate for A$156 billion.

The Conversation

Warner Bros. Discovery set to be acquired in entirety by Paramount Skydance

After Netflix walked away from the bidding, Warner Bros. Discovery is set to be acquired in its entirety by Paramount Skydance.

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CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle

Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networks

The Guardian - US

Hollywood's mega-merger battle ends with Warner Bros. as the real winner

If the deal goes through, WBD CEO David Zaslav will have cemented his legacy as one of the savviest media dealmakers.

Axios

Netflix agrees revised all-cash deal for Warner Bros studios

US-based streaming giant has said it will now 27.75 dollars per share in cash to buy the business

The Independent UK

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Fortune

A cautionary Hollywood tale: the Ellisons' lose-lose Paramount positioning

Hollywood history is a trail littered with cautionary tales, and Netflix's Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos have framed a lose-lose coin toss for the Ellisons.

The Fashion Central

Chelsea Handler roasts Leonardo DiCaprio for nearly missing the Critics' Choice Awards after getting stuck on a boat

Chelsea Handler roasts Leonardo DiCaprio for being stuck on a boat in St. Barts: “It was just like the ‘Titanic’ but worse because Jeff Bezos was there.”

The Independent UK

Critics’ Choice Awards host makes Hollywood stars groan with controversial Warner Bros joke

Comedian’s joke didn’t appear to go down too well with A-list crowd

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Critics Choice Awards Host Chelsea Handler Roasts Nicki Minaj Amid Turning Point Uproar

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos were also in the firing line during Handler’s brutal monologue.

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International Business Times UK

David Zaslav Spurns $108 Billion Paramount Bid: Teases Figure That Could Tempt Warner Bros Boss

David Zaslav rejects a massive £81 billion Paramount bid, favouring a Netflix partnership while teasing a higher share price that could finally end Hollywood's biggest bidding war.

Fortune

Warner Bros. shareholders were ‘consistently misled’ by Paramount, board says in rejection letter: There’s no Ellison family backstop, and never was

Jilted Paramount CEO David Ellison painted a picture of no engagement from WBD. That’s simply not true, according to the Warner Bros. board.

The Independent UK

Netflix to buy Warner Bros – but what does that mean for film and TV?

The lucrative deal is set to change the face of Hollywood as we know it

Fortune

It's a sequel, it's a remake, it's a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner

Will Paramount or Netflix win the fight for Warner? Hollywood's takeover drama is in some ways a flashback to the 1980s, in other ways quintessentially 2025.

The Conversation

Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever

News of Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros. last week sent shock waves through the media ecosystem.

Fortune

Netflix–Paramount bidding wars are pushing Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav toward billionaire status—he has one rule for success: ‘Never be outworked’

Warner Bros CEO (and soon-to-be billionaire) Zaslav tells Gen Z talent is just an entry ticket—hard work is the ultimate driver of success. It’s a lesson he learned playing tennis as a teen.

Benzinga

Behind Paramount's Hostile $108 Billion Bid For Warner Bros Discovery Was— Unanswered Texts?

David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to outbid streaming giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and create a content powerhouse. A regulatory filing on Monday revealed that the HBO owner’s lack of response fueled Paramount’s…

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