12-10-2018 17:59 via theguardian.com

Sky chief executive receives £37m after Comcast takeover

Bumper pay day for Jeremy Darroch after bidding war with Murdoch’s Fox boosted shares Sky’s chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, has been handed a near-£40m bonanza following Comcast’s £30bn takeover of the satellite broadcaster.The windfall will see Darroch pay a monster tax bill estimated to be about £14m – which is more than the total UK tax paid by Amazon (£4.5m), Facebook (£7.4m) and Netflix (received a £174,000 rebate) combined last y
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