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Austar execs top the salary pack

Austar executives top the list of the best paid media executives in the country.

Stories like this one always make the phone run hot as execs become very precious about who is earning more than whom.

The Australian Financial Review has a chart of the highest paid Australian media executives.

Austar execs fill six of the top 10 spots. Try not to think about that when next sending off your Austar subscription fee.

1. John Porter (Austar)
2. Dana Strong (Austar)
3. Brian McCarthy (Fairfax)
4. Brendan Hopkins (APN)
5. Deanne Weir (Austar)
6. Philip Knox (Austar)
7. Nikki Warburton (Austar)
8. Dean Walters (Austar)
9. Nick Falloon (Ten)
10. John Alexander (Cons Media)

And no… he’s no relation.

Source: Australian Financial Review, Mediaweek

18 Responses

  1. Suprisingly makes sense. Austar don’t need to make channels or spend money on buying (rights to) programming. They’re like a leech sinking their fangs into Foxtel.

  2. This makes me feel even better about cancelling my Austar in Feb this year after 10 years. They were rude when I left too, making me call back 3 times before I could cancel, then getting their debt collectors to call me within a week threatening legal action if I didn’t immediately return the decoder unit. They were so rude that I will never even consider going back, ever, so maybe some of that money being paid to the executives should be spent on training their phone staff on customer service.

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