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Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Paramount Megadeal, but Vote Against Exit Pay Packages for Zaslav and Other Execs

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/paramount-raises-warner-bros-discovery-bid-to-share">a $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance</a> on Thursday, with WBD investors set to receive $31 per share — a 147% premium over the stock's unaffected price of $12.54 per share.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve a $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance on Thursday, with WBD investors set to receive $31 per share — a 147% premium over the stock's unaffected price of $12.54 per share.

The deal would unite two of Hollywood's remaining five legacy studios and combine the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming platforms, while also bringing CBS and CNN under the same corporate ownership for the first time.

The deal would unite two of Hollywood's remaining five legacy studios and combine the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming platforms, while also bringing CBS and CNN under the same corporate ownership for the first time.

WBD shareholders separately rejected, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation packages for outgoing executives. CEO David Zaslav's exit package could total up to $886 million, including $517.2 million in equity, $34.2 million in cash severance and up to $335 million in tax reimbursements.

WBD shareholders separately rejected, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation packages for outgoing executives. CEO David Zaslav's exit package could total up to $886 million, including $517.2 million in equity, $34.2 million in cash severance and up to $335 million in tax reimbursements.

Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis both recommended shareholders vote against Zaslav's payout, with ISS describing it as "one of the highest golden parachute estimates ever observed" and Glass Lewis calling it "a considerable and unnecessary cost to shareholders."

Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis both recommended shareholders vote against Zaslav's payout, with ISS describing it as "one of the highest golden parachute estimates ever observed" and Glass Lewis calling it "a considerable and unnecessary cost to shareholders."

The merger still requires regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and European regulators before it can close, with the DOJ having issued subpoenas in late March seeking details on the deal's potential effects on streaming, movie theater competition and content licensing.

The merger still requires regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and European regulators before it can close, with the DOJ having issued subpoenas in late March seeking details on the deal's potential effects on streaming, movie theater competition and content licensing.

More than 4,000 film and television industry professionals, including Robert De Niro, Florence Pugh and Bryan Cranston, signed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/-hollywood-stars-oppose-b-warner-merger">an open letter launched on April 13 opposing the merger</a>, arguing it would reduce the number of major U.S. film studios to four and lead to job losses and higher costs for consumers.

More than 4,000 film and television industry professionals, including Robert De Niro, Florence Pugh and Bryan Cranston, signed an open letter launched on April 13 opposing the merger, arguing it would reduce the number of major U.S. film studios to four and lead to job losses and higher costs for consumers.

The Paramount-WBD deal blocks a Netflix takeover that would have reshaped Hollywood into a content machine hostile to mainstream American values. Ellison has committed to 30 films a year and a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, a genuine lifeline for movie theaters. Shareholders approved the $111 billion deal because it builds a next-generation media company that actually expands consumer choice.

The Paramount-WBD deal blocks a Netflix takeover that would have reshaped Hollywood into a content machine hostile to mainstream American values. Ellison has committed to 30 films a year and a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, a genuine lifeline for movie theaters. Shareholders approved the $111 billion deal because it builds a next-generation media company that actually expands consumer choice.

Chad Prather

Right narrative

This merger hands two of Hollywood's most storied studios to billionaires who've spent millions courting political favor, and the result will be mass layoffs and fewer films at a time when the industry has already lost 42,000 jobs. Saddling the combined company with $79 billion in debt guarantees production cuts, just as Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox did. State attorneys general are the last real check on this antitrust disaster.

This merger hands two of Hollywood's most storied studios to billionaires who've spent millions courting political favor, and the result will be mass layoffs and fewer films at a time when the industry has already lost 42,000 jobs. Saddling the combined company with $79 billion in debt guarantees production cuts, just as Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox did. State attorneys general are the last real check on this antitrust disaster.

Zohran Mamdani

Elizabeth Warren

Left narrative

The loudest voices attacking this deal aren’t worried about competition, they’re the same Hollywood activists who’ve spent years targeting Israel and anyone tied to it. A merger backed by leaders openly supportive of Israel suddenly becomes "dangerous"? That’s not economics, it’s ideology — resentment toward pro-Israel leadership driving a political backlash disguised as antitrust concern.

The loudest voices attacking this deal aren’t worried about competition, they’re the same Hollywood activists who’ve spent years targeting Israel and anyone tied to it. A merger backed by leaders openly supportive of Israel suddenly becomes "dangerous"? That’s not economics, it’s ideology — resentment toward pro-Israel leadership driving a political backlash disguised as antitrust concern.

Jason Miller

Ada Lluch

Cynical narrative

There's a 50% chance that 100 movies will have made 1 billion dollars at the box office by January 2037, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There's a 50% chance that 100 movies will have made 1 billion dollars at the box office by January 2037, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Metaculus

When will 100 movies have made 1 billion dollars at the box office?

Nerd narrative

David Zaslav

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