{
  "id": 13110040,
  "title": "Warner Bros. Discovery's departing CEO pocketed $606 million from Paramount sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/warner-bros-discoverys-departing-ceo-pocketed-606-million-from",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:50:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-payout-100926"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "David Zaslav received $606.1 million for shares and stock options as Skydance closed its acquisition of WBD on Oct. 6",
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      {
        "outlet": "Eurogamer",
        "title": "Bobby Kotick returns: former Activision boss becomes board member of Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount and Warner Bros",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bobby-kotick-returns-former-activision-boss-becomes-board-member-of",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:47:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Ex-Warner Bros CEO pockets $600m in sale to Paramount",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ex-warner-bros-ceo-pockets-600m-in-sale-to-paramount",
        "published": "2026-10-09T10:00:19.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}