A pair of media companies owned by mogul Rupert Murdoch paid nearly $16.2 million in total compensation to their law department leaders during fiscal 2022.
David Pitofsky, News Corp.'s general counsel, received nearly $5 million in total compensation, the company disclosed Oct. 5 in a proxy statement. That sum is less than half of the nearly $11.2 million pay package earmarked for Fox Corp.’s chief legal and policy officer Viet Dinh, according to another proxy filed Sept. 19.
Neither lawyer responded to requests for comment. Both New York-based media companies are controlled by Murdoch, a billionaire whose Fox-owned cable ...
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