David Zaslav, the unfortunate CEO of the company formerly known as Warner Bros. Discovery (the company, which was once two separate companies but became one, is splitting up again ), has often been accused of being bad at his job and, now, it would appear that the people who pay his salary may agree.

Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO David Zaslav will see a "substantial" reduction in compensation as he takes a pay cut.

The new pay package goes into effect only if the split happens by the end of 2026, but Zaslav already received options for nearly 21 million shares last week. The underlying stock