All CEOs need to be paid with alignment with shareholders, he declared.
The majority of compensation should be aligned with the performance of the stock, the exec said.
If the stock does well, then the CEO should do really should do much better.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David ZaslavSlaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times
And if the stock doesnt do well, the CEOs should not.
And so, I think alignment is critically important.
I know Shari well and they have a lot of great people there, he said.
Its in our interest for them to be successful.
So however it turns out, I hope that theyre successful, he said.
Similarly, a request for an update on NBA rights talks netted only a partial answer.
Zaslav said the company remains in constructive negotiations with the NBA.
He added, Its a great league.
The TNT team does a terrific job.
And we love the NBA.
NBCUniversal has reportedlymade an aggressive offerin the range of $2.5 billion a year to take over WBDs position.
Last month, the exclusive negotiating window for incumbents Disney and WBD expired.
