Highest earning national news media executives UK 2023

According to the most recently available data, the highest earning national news media executive in the United Kingdom was an unnamed executive at DMGT, with an income of 6.5 million British pounds between in 2023. Financial Times CEO John Ridding had an income of 1.8 million GBP.

Highest paid national news media executives in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023 (in 1,000 British pounds)

Characteristic	Remuneration in 1,000 British pounds
Guardian - Katharine Viner (editor-in-chief)	526
Guardian - Keith Underwood (CFOO)	563
Reach Plc - Jim Mullen (CEO)	564
Reach Plc - Darren Fisher (CFO)	571
The Independent - unnamed executive	608
Newsquest - Henry Faure Walker (CEO)*	640.4
Telegraph Media Group - unnamed executive	1,000
PA Media - unnamed executive	1,300
Financial Times - John Ridding (CEO)	1,800
DMGT - unnamed executive	6,500

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2023*

Supplementary notes

*Data refers to 2022.
The ranking only covers the top executives at companies and does not include the pay of talent, i.e. journalists or other high earners whose salaries are not made publicly available.

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