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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Media Executives Top CEO Salary List

    The Associated Press released a list of 2014’s highest paid CEOs . Six of the 10 highest paid executives were big media moguls at the helm of companies like CBS and Disney.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 26, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Associated Press released a list of 2014’s highest paid CEOs. Six of the 10 highest paid executives were big media moguls at the helm of companies like CBS and Disney.

    And 2014 marks the fifth year in a row that CEO pay has gone up. Associated Press business reporter Steve Rothwell co-authored the list and joins us to talk about where all the money’s coming from.

    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Charter Buys Time Warner, CEO Pay Goes Up, PennySaver Shuts Down
    1. 0:00Time Warner/Charter Cable Merger Will Affect Millions in California
    2. 8:30Media Executives Top CEO Salary ListYou’re reading this
    3. 15:42Coupon Clippers Lament as PennySaver Shuts Down
    4. 25:49Kamasi Washington’s 'The Epic'
    5. 44:13Is It Time To Embrace L.A. Seafood?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Steve Rothwell

      Associated Press

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Charter Buys Time Warner, CEO Pay Goes Up, PennySaver Shuts Down
    1. 0:00Time Warner/Charter Cable Merger Will Affect Millions in California
    2. 8:30Media Executives Top CEO Salary ListYou’re reading this
    3. 15:42Coupon Clippers Lament as PennySaver Shuts Down
    4. 25:49Kamasi Washington’s 'The Epic'
    5. 44:13Is It Time To Embrace L.A. Seafood?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand