Now that the debt-driven CEO David Zaslav has found his buyer for Warner Bros. in Netflix — and drawn a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid from Paramount, too — history can judge him. Sure, he may stick around, hosting whoever still might wish to see him at Woodland, the storied Beverly Hills spread he purchased from the estate of the late Paramount chief Bob Evans. But his purpose in town is likely nearing completion, having cost cut his way to this grand sale, unfortunately for Hollywood shrinking its competitive field while fortunately for him further fattening his massive net worth. The Netflix deal is expected to deliver him another $660 million, making him a billionaire.

Now that the debt-driven CEO David Zaslav has found his buyer for Warner Bros. in Netflix — and drawn a

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