For helping Fox News continue pulling in more viewers than any other cable network, Roger Ailes was rewarded $19.9 million in the last twelve months, double what he was paid in the year prior. His pay package includes a measly $5 million salary, plus a $1 million bonus and, from Fox News alone, a $4.5 million bonus. How are things looking farther up the ladder, though, where Rupert Murdoch sits? Still healthy, but not such year-over-year largesse. In fact, Murdoch's pay slipped last year. Fourteen percent lower, Murdoch's total compensation rang in at $27.5 million; $17.5 million of that was a cash bonus. As for Democrat-loving COO Peter Chernin? He beat the bossman, with pay of $28.8 million; even still, his award dropped a full 15 percent.

With his $28,500 contribution, the maximum legal amount, to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the News Corp. chief once again sends onlookers into a tizzy trying to figure out his political leanings. His deputy, COO Peter Chernin, donated less than half that amount in November to to Democrats' committee, which is charged with electing constituents to the Senate.

Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp., the company run by Rupert Murdoch with no actual political will, but simply toward whichever way the money train is headed, donated $12,500 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, recorded March 31, adding to last June's $2,300 donation to Hillary Clinton's primary campaign and $2,300 to her general election campaign. His wife, Megan, is a Barack Obama supporter. [WOD] Chernin has a history of donating to Democratic candidates, including John Kerry. His win-loss ratio for the candidates he donated to? 24-8. [Newsmeat]