Former Top Discovery Lawyer Saw Pay Rise After Warner Merger

March 30, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and Paramount Global, two mass media giants, collectively paid roughly $25 million last year to four lawyers holding senior executive roles, according to securities filings.

Bruce Campbell, a former top lawyer at Discovery Inc., was a key architect of the company’s $43 billion acquisition of New York-based WarnerMedia LLC from AT&T Inc. His pay package last year was valued at more than $13.7 million, up from $12.6 million in 2021, per a proxy statement filed Wednesday.

Warner Bros. was formed last year upon the completion of Discovery’s purchase of AT&T’s former mass media assets, such ...

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