Sinclair: Pay

Sinclair paid its 6 named executives $36.1M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Christopher S. Ripley was paid $10.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $52
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

Christopher S. RipleyPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
David D. SmithExecutive Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Lucy A. RutishauserFormer Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Robert D. WeisbordChief Operating Officer and President / Local Media
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Jason R. SmithExecutive Vice Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years
Narinder K. SahaiExecutive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 4 peers with pay on file was $20.9M. The CEO of Sinclair was paid $10.8M, 48% below the median.

  1. 1Nexstar Media Group
  2. 2Fox
  3. 3Sinclair
  4. 4New York Times
  5. 5USA TODAY Co.
  6. 6AMC Networks Inc.Not disclosed
  7. 7Cumulus Media, Inc.Not disclosed
  8. 8Entravision Communications Corp.Not disclosed
  9. 9Gray Television, Inc.Not disclosed
  10. 10Paramount Skydance CorporationNot disclosed
  11. 11Tegna Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12The E.W. Scripps CompanyNot disclosed
  13. 13iHeartMedia 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.