Posted on 04/13/2012 4:22:15 PM PDT by Beave Meister
UPDATED: Executive chairman Sumner Redstone made an unchanged $20.3 million last year, while his CEO overtook Viacom's Philippe Dauman to become the highest-paid Hollywood CEO so far this reporting season.
CBS Corp. said late Friday that president and CEO Leslie Moonves received higher compensation worth $69.9 million last year, driven by option awards.
The total pay package, details of which were disclosed in a regulatory filing, was up 21 percent from the $57.7 million the media mogul had made in 2010 and makes him the highest-paid Hollywood CEO so far this reporting season. In 2010, the highest-paid CEO in the entertainment industry and all of the U.S. was Philippe Dauman of CBS sibling company Viacom with $84.5 million.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
Well...for successfully pumping out all the BS they do...he has been VERY successful!
Well worth every penny. NCIS, Point of Interest. Crimal Minds, Blue Bloods and many more. I know that the news scythe big time, but at least he puts together good primetime tv.
[ Leslie Moonves’ 2011 Compensation Jumps 21 Percent to $69.9 Million ]
God bless him.. I love it when people get rich...
The progressive motto: Reward failure and punish success in “racist America.” This idiot has bought this “sucess” with his undying propaganda support of the fascists/marxists in DC. Investors...screw them.
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