# 華納兄弟探索公司（WBD）執行長大衛·扎斯拉夫在競爭對手派拉蒙PSKY收購該媒體公司後，將獲得8億美元的遣散費及其他款項。

*business, business · news · 2026-03-18 · Breitbart News Network*

## Key points

- 派拉蒙收購WBD後，大衛·扎斯拉夫將獲得高達8億美元的遣散費及款項。
- 這8億美元金額包括華納披露的扎斯拉夫新採納的稅務補償。
- 其他WBD高管如JB Perrette和Gunnar Wiedenfels分別可能獲得1.42億美元和1.2億美元。
- WBD的財務顧問Allen & Co和JP Morgan分別將獲得1億美元和9000萬美元。

Cometh the hour, cometh the payout. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Chief Executive David Zaslav stands to pocket $800 million in severance and other payments after rival Paramount PSKY acquires the media company, Warner said in a securities filing. The Wall Street Journal reports the specified sum includes cash and payments for options and restricted stockholdings, as well as a newly adopted tax reimbursement for Zaslav, Warner WBD revealed in a securities disclosure filed late Monday as seen by the outlet. The total doesn’t include more than $20 million he is likely to get for shares he owns outright. Zaslav, who is one of the best-paid executives in Hollywood, has already made $113m after selling shares in WBD this month. The Guardian reports other executives in line for handsome payouts include JB Perrette, the head of WBD’s global streaming and games business, who could receive $142 million in cash severance and equity. Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s chief financial officer, is in line to bank some $120 million. The filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission also reveal WBD’s financial advisers have received bumper payments, with Allen & Co expected to get as much as $100 million and JP Morgan about $90 million. In the filing, WBD said these payouts were “estimates based on multiple assumptions” and the actual amounts “may materially differ.” This is not the first time Zaslav has been in line for a substantial payout. As Breitbart News reported, for 2023, Zaslav’s compensation totaled $49.7 million, up 26.5 percent from the previous year when he received $39.3 million. Under his tenure, the company has carried out several rounds of brutal layoffs stretching from late 2022 into 2024. Zaslav has become an unpopular figure among movie fans after he embarked on a ruthless round of content culling on HBO Max and the company’s other streaming services in a bid to save more money. He has also shelved completed movies before their releases, including Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme — presumably to use them as tax write-offs. His decision to lay off TCM staffers was also met with outrage from cinephiles.

**Companies:** Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount
**Countries:** United States

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