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N.Y. Times CEO stands to make $5 million next year

BBC Director General Mark Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company's new northern headquarters in Salford, northern England in this May 10, 2011 file photograph. The New York Times Co has tapped Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products. Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting Foto: Files / Reuters In English
BBC Director General Mark Thompson poses for media on a visit to Media City the company's new northern headquarters in Salford, northern England in this May 10, 2011 file photograph. The New York Times Co has tapped Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products. Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting
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Mark Thompson, the newly appointed chief executive of The New York Times Co, stands to receive compensation of $5 million next year, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Friday.

Thompson, outgoing director-general of the British Broadcasting Corp, will receive a compensation package that includes $1 million in an annual base salary, plus bonuses and $3 million in performance-based stock and stock options.

His compensation is similar to that of former New York Times CEO Janet Robinson, except that Thompson will not take part in the company's pension plan.

Thompson will also receive up to $60,000 in relocation fees to New York from Oxford, England, and $25,000 in legal fees connected with the employment agreement, the company said in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The New York Times named Thompson CEO on Tuesday, capping an eight-month search for a CEO. He starts in November.

Robinson left abruptly last year after a 28-year career with the Times Co. She received a total payout of $24 million.

Times Co Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. received $5.9 million in total compensation in 2011.

Shares of the New York Times Co were up 0.5 percent at $9.44 in morning New York Stock Exchange trading.

(Reporting by Siddharth Cavale in Bangalore and Jennifer Saba in New York; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty, Jeffrey Benkoe and Lisa Von Ahn)

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