Warner Bros. Ceo David Zaslav attends HBO Max's Post-Emmy Reception - Arrivals at San Vicente Bungalows on September 14, 2025 in West Hollywood, California. Getty Images

David Zaslav just pulled off one of the greatest media mergers of the century — but that doesn’t mean he’s done wheeling and dealing.

The wily CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery has sold the media giant for $72 billion — more than doubling its value in a matter of months. He may get even more, depending on whom you talk to, capping one of the more momentous executive comeback ­stories in recent years.

Before we get into why the cake isn’t quite baked on WBD’s future , let’s consider what just went down with Zaslav’s mosh-pit-style bidding war, how he set some of the biggest media moguls against each other, ramping up th

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