Netflix, Sirius XM Legal Chiefs Got Big Raises in 2019 (1)

A pair of longtime in-house legal leaders in the media and entertainment space enjoyed sizable increases in their pay packages last year, according to recent proxy filings.

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. general counsel Patrick Donnelly saw his compensation climb some 300% last year, to more than $10.92 million. Netflix Inc., which is now enjoying a coronavirus-linked subscription boom, boosted the total 2019 pay of chief legal officer David Hyman to nearly $8.16 million, a 27% raise over 2018.

Hyman, who has served as Netflix’s top in-house lawyer since 2002, received a $1 million increase in base salary, to ...