Nexstar Media Group: Pay

Nexstar Media Group paid its 5 named executives $57.8M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Perry A. Sook was paid $39.5M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 β†’ $194
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Perry A. SookChairman and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Michael BiardPresident and Chief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Lee Ann GlihaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Dana ZimmerPresident, Distribution and Strategy
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Sean ComptonPresident, Networks
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2024 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 3 peers with pay on file was $21.7M. The CEO of Nexstar Media Group was paid $35.9M, 66% above the median.

  1. 1Nexstar Media Group
  2. 2Fox
  3. 3Omnicom Group
  4. 4News
  5. 5AMC Networks Inc.Not disclosed
  6. 6Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed
  7. 7Gray Media, Inc.Not disclosed
  8. 8Paramount GlobalNot disclosed
  9. 9Sinclair, Inc.Not disclosed
  10. 10SiriusXM Holdings Inc.Not disclosed
  11. 11TEGNA Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12The E.W. Scripps CompanyNot disclosed
  13. 13The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.Not disclosed
  15. 15iHeartMedia, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.