Washington Post CEO's Pay Dropped by About Half in 2009
Donald Graham, CEO of the Washington Post Co., which publishes the eponymous newspaper as well as online magazine Slate and news weekly Newsweek, saw his pay chopped roughly in half from 2008 to 2009.
Graham took home a total compensation package of $412,740 in 2009 — a 49% decrease from his 2008 earnings of $811,960 the year before. He forwent a bonus in 2009, a year marked by declining revenue and staff reductions.
Graham’s declining pay stands in marked contrast with that of New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.,
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