Inside the Fractious WBD-Paramount Deal Talks: Ellisons Offered Zaslav Pay Package Worth ‘Several Hundred Million Dollars,’ Which Zaslav Said Was ‘Inappropriate’ to Discuss

The Ellisons came promising boatloads of cash. They told Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav they would give him a pay package worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Over a four-month stretch, David Ellison pressed his case aggressively that Paramount Skydance had the best offer on the table. None of it — so far — […]