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How David Ellison’s Skydance Outwitted Everyone

An inside story of the billionaires, ultimatums, frantic texts and hush meetings behind the $111 billion deal bringing together Warner Bros. and Paramount. The megadeal twists and turns even had David Zaslav calling it "a little whiplashy."

David Ellison David Zaslav Paramount

Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

David Zaslav’s Farewell: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Signs Off In Video To Staff

David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO (for a few more hours, anyway) has started his goodbyes, thanking employees in a memo posted Monday on the company’s internal portal. “It’s been a great honor to be alongside all of you,” says Zaslav speaking to the camera from a director’s chair in the at Warner Bros. Studios’ […]

David Zaslav Warner Bros. Discovery

Oct 5, 2026 · byDeadline

David Zaslav Sends Farewell Video on His Last Day Before Skydance Acquisition of Warner Bros.

The CEO extolls the creations and storytelling of the workers that will soon be facing uncertain futures thanks to a sale he orchestrated.

David Zaslav Warner Bros

Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

David Zaslav Bids Farewell to Warner Bros. Employees in Video on Eve of Skydance Merger Close: ‘It’s Been a Great Honor to Be Alongside All of You’

David Zaslav, four and a half years after closing the debt-burdened deal that formed Warner Bros. Discovery, is bidding farewell to the company’s employees as it is about to get swallowed up by David Ellison’s Paramount — to create a media giant saddled with even more debt. Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, […]

David Ellison David Zaslav Paramount

Oct 5, 2026 · byVariety

What David Zaslav Got Wrong About ‘Coyote vs. Acme’

Three years after “Coyote vs. Acme” was shelved by Warner Bros. as a tax write-off and rescued by indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment, the Looney Tunes comedy has become a box-office bright spot with more than $100 million globally. Was Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav, who deemed it financially unworthy to release on the big […]

David Zaslav Warner Bros Warner Bros. Discovery

Oct 4, 2026 · byVariety

‘Gremlins 3’ Delayed to 2028 by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. has delayed “Gremlins 3” from Nov. 19, 2027, to Oct. 6. 2028. David Zaslav, the CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery, first revealed the project during an investor call in 2025. Steven Spielberg is returning as executive producer. “Harry Potter” filmmaker Chris Columbus is set to produce and direct, with a screenplay […]

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David Zaslav Harry Potter Steven Spielberg

Sep 23, 2026 · byVariety

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David Zaslav and the tyranny of incentives

The Warner CEO’s mega-payout is a cautionary tale

David Zaslav Warner

Apr 15, 2026 · byThe Economist