THE ZALV DIARIES

Even as the cuts accrued, the stock remained stuck. This posed a more personalized issue for Zaslav: His pay out was carefully tied to W.B.D.’s share price tag. His 2021 total payment was a staggering $246.6 million. But because the stock crashed in 2022, so did Zaslav’s compensation, slipping to $39.3 million. He was slashing and burning like