Media & Telecom

Sinclair Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Sinclair (SBGI) executive compensation
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SBGI · Hunt Valley, MD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Christopher Ripley

Median of the other named officers

$5,001,776

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

Latest say-on-pay support

June 4, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 5, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Sinclair's chief executive and what were they paid?

Christopher Ripley, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $10,824,228 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $10,547,393 reported for fiscal 2024, Ripley's total was 2.6% higher.

What was Sinclair's say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 97.4% support at the meeting held June 4, 2026.

Which companies are in Sinclair's peer group?

The disclosed peer group names AMC Networks Inc., Cumulus Media, Inc., Entravision Communications Corp., Fox Corp. and Gray Television, Inc., among others.

What is Sinclair's chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 194:1, against median employee compensation of $55,678.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Ripley President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Robert Weisbord Chief Operating Officer and President / Local Media	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lucy Rutishauser Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer (g)	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Ripley President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
David Smith Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board, and Director	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Lucy Rutishauser Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer (g)	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Robert Weisbord Chief Operating Officer and President / Local Media	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
David Gibber Executive Vice President / Chief Legal Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Ripley President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
David Smith Executive Chairman	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Robert Weisbord Chief Operating Officer and President / Local Media	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
Lucy Rutishauser Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇	◇
Jason Smith Executive Vice Chairman	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Christopher Ripley President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
David Smith Executive Chairman	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Lucy Rutishauser Former Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	◇	◇	—	—	◇	◇	◇
Robert Weisbord Chief Operating Officer and President / Local Media	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Jason Smith Executive Vice Chairman	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	◇
Narinder Sahai Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Christopher S. Ripley	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
David D. Smith	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Jason R. Smith	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Lucy A. Rutishauser	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Narinder K. Sahai	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Robert D. Weisbord	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Christopher Ripley	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Jason Smith	SAR	◇	—	◇	03/08/2034
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Narinder Sahai	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Robert Weisbord	SAR	◇	—	◇	03/08/2034

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Daniel C. Keith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Benson E. Legg	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Laurie R. Beyer	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Howard E. Friedman	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Robert E. Smith	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

J. Duncan Smith, Frederick G. Smith and David D. Smith served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Board meeting fee	◇

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Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

AMC Networks Inc. AMCX
Cumulus Media, Inc. CMLS
Entravision Communications Corp. EVC
Fox Corp. FOXA
Gray Television, Inc. GTN
iHeartMedia Inc. IHRT
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. NXST
Paramount Skydance Corporation PSKY
Tegna Inc. TGNA
The E.W. Scripps Company SSP
The New York Times Company NYT
USA Today Co., Inc. TDAY

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	June 4, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	June 5, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	June 11, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- Christopher Ripley (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $10,824,228 (base salary $1,000,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001971213-26-000017, filed 2026-04-23]

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193 figures on this page: 190 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.

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3 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed June 5, 2026
0001971213-26-000027
DEF 14A, filed April 23, 2026
0001971213-26-000017
CEO Pay Ratio · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION FOR 2025 · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 6, 2025
0001971213-25-000038
DEF 14A, filed April 25, 2025
0001971213-25-000029
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed June 12, 2024
0001971213-24-000044
DEF 14A, filed April 26, 2024
0001971213-24-000024
Summary Compensation Table

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Peers Sinclair discloses

The companies named in SBGI's own disclosed peer group.

AMC Networks Inc.Cumulus Media, Inc.Entravision Communications Corp.Fox Corp.Gray Television, Inc.iHeartMedia Inc.Nexstar Media Group, Inc.Tegna Inc.The E.W. Scripps Company The New York Times Company USA Today Co., Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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