Total average compensation per non-employee director is based on non-employee director compensation tables included in proxy statements. The number includes all board and committee retainers and meeting fees, supplemental non-executive chairman and lead/presiding director fees, the value of equity compensation and all other compensation paid in fiscal year 2019.
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Salary for selected media company directors in the U.S. 2019
The average amount of compensation for boards of selected media companies in the United States in fiscal year 2019 varied from over *** thousand U.S. dollars to just under *** thousand depending on the company. According to the source, the average salary for directors on the board of Viacom in 2019 was over *** thousand U.S. dollars, outranking both Netflix and The Walt Disney Company.
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