Media CEOs are the highest-paid American executives

Six of the 10 highest-paid CEOs last year worked in the media industry, according to The Associated Press.

A study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar found the best-paid chief executive of a large American company was David Zaslav, head of Discovery Communications. His total compensation more than quadrupled to $156.1 million in 2014.

Les Moonves of CBS was again second, despite a drop in pay from a year earlier, and his pay package topped $54.4 million. The remaining four CEOs, from entertainment giants Viacom, Walt Disney, Comcast and Time Warner, have ranked among the nation's highest-paid executives for at least four years, according to the Equilar/AP pay study.

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