$3.4 Million Bonus For FNC’s Ailes

Along with News Corp’s 4th quarter earnings release yesterday, shareholders “got a taste of what their executives would be pocketing this year.” The Sydney Morning Herald includes this nugget: “Most interesting was Fox boss Roger Ailes, who gets a $US 3.4 million bonus to go with the $US25 million (five-year) contract he signed in December. It’s a wonderful effort from the chap whose close relationship with Murdoch allegedly prompted Lachlan Murdoch to quit executive duties last year…”

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