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Warner again modifies Zaslav’s contract

Los Angeles Times

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November 16, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery has modified Chief Executive David Zaslav’s contract for a second time this year to prepare for the company’s proposed breakup.

- BY MEG JAMES

Warner again modifies Zaslav’s contract

EVAN AGOSTINI Invision Associated Press WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY CEO David Zaslav's contract has been extended through December 2030.

This month's alterations were outlined in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday — a week before initial bids are due in the Warner Bros. Discovery auction. Industry sources expect Paramount, Comcast and Netflix to make offers for the embattled entertainment company that owns HBO, CNN, Food Network and the storied Warner Bros. movie and television studios.

Warner Bros. Discovery declined to comment.

The sale kicked off in September when David Ellison-led Paramount made an unsolicited offer for Warner Bros. Discovery a month after Ellison and RedBird Capital Partners had acquired Paramount from the Redstone family in an $8-billion deal.

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