Big Media CEO Pay: CBS, Viacom Chiefs Top the List

Deadline: At a time when three out of four adults believe CEOs are overpaid, the directors of CBS, Comcast, Discovery, Disney, Fox, Time Warner, and Viacom continued last year to lavish their chiefs with some of corporate America’s largest salaries — often way out of whack with their company’s performance. The most egregious example: Viacom’s Philippe Dauman received a 22.2 percent increase in his compensation, even though his company’s market value declined 42.5 percent.