News (NWSA) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Robert J. Thomson, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $20.6M in fiscal 2025, up 1% from $20.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 221:1, on median employee pay of $93,321.

Filed
October 8, 2025
Annual meeting
November 19, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$20.6M+1% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
221:1median $93,321
CEO pay in equity
49%$10M in awards
CEO target cash incentive
$5,000,000Fiscal 2025 target
Maximum CEO stock award
$17,154,233Fiscal 2025 grants
CEO compensation actually paid
$24,422,935Fiscal 2025 CAP
CFO relocation support
$500,000One-time fiscal 2025 benefit
Equity tied to performance
At least 70%Company compensation practice

How Thomson was paid

$20.6M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary15%Stock awards49%Non-equity incentive33%Pension and deferred comp1%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Robert J. ThomsonChief Executive Officer$20,623,729
Lavanya ChandrashekarChief Financial Officer$5,465,018
David B. PitofskyGeneral Counsel$6,217,494
Ruth AllenChief Human Resources Officer$2,957,269
Susan PanuccioFormer Chief Financial Officer$8,300,586
David R. KlineFormer Chief Technology Officer$3,497,903

What changed and why

  • 84%84% of the CEO’s fiscal 2025 target compensation was at risk, variable and performance-based.
  • $20.6M$20,623,729 was the CEO’s fiscal 2025 total compensation, compared with $20,329,706 in fiscal 2024.
  • $500K$500,000 of relocation support was provided to newly appointed CFO Lavanya Chandrashekar.
  • 70%At least 70% of equity compensation was tied to performance against pre-established financial targets.
  • Susan Panuccio and David R. Kline forfeited portions of their fiscal 2025-2027 equity awards upon departure.
  • The CFO’s fiscal 2025 base salary and annual cash incentive were prorated following her January 1, 2025 appointment.

About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.

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