Roger Ailes' $20 Million Payday

Silicon Alley Insider:

As the man behind Fox News, Roger Ailes tends to get caricatured and vilified quite a bit in the popular press. And this year he's been beaten up even more, as the launch of the Fox Business Network got off to a rocky start.

But we think that Roger probably sleeps pretty well at night. And after looking at News Corp.'s newly filed SEC documents, we gather that he probably sleeps on a very expensive mattress: Ailes earned $19.9 million in the last 12 months -- nearly double the amount he earned the year before.

What did he do to earn that? Primarily, he ran Fox News, which is still crushing the competition. In July, FNC was drawing an average of 1.45 million viewers per day, while CNN could only muster 809,000. That performance alone netted Ailes a $4.5 million bonus.

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Comments

[kassandrasduplex]

Is Roger Ailes the physical embodiment of the Portrait of Dorian Grey? A corrupt man, no?

[darthdarcy]

News Corp. stock is down 34% and they pay this guy $20 million...!

Someday I hope we can try Murdoch and Ailes for promoting fascism in America, and for all the lies they've told the American public...!

[kassandrasduplex]

Bravo! Kudos to you. There is hope for the American republic as long as opinions such as your stil exist!

[Swerinjer]

Hopefully he'll get a serious illness.

[themodernleader]

The good citizens watch the poisonous propaganda of Fox News then go out and vote against American democracy for British aristocracy.

[SCG2]

He only assists in the destruction of America , not partakes in the results.

[larry278]

Roger Ailes proves that the wages of sin are very generous when you factor in bonus money. Virtue may be its own reward but if you want really big money-work for Mr Murdoch.

[Vyvjala]

He looks like a member of the Adam's family.......................

[robinhood2]

Uncle Fester?

[JScott]

That's what I was thinkin

[BethStuart]

I guess Ailes is just a piker compared to McCain whose wealth (held in Cindy's name) exceeds $100 million. As a former Republican operative, Ailes helps maintain a government by the rich, of the rich and for the rich. Here's some background on Ailes:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067