Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger’s annual bonus has increased from £150,000 to £175,000 – despite ballooning losses at Guardian Newspapers.
The Guardian Media Group annual report reveals that The Guardian and Observer lost £49.9 million in the year to April – reflecting the estimated £80 million cost of relaunching both titles in Berliner format on new colour presses.
Rusbridger’s basic salary of £329,000 is up by 20 per cent from from the £272,000 figure revealed in last year’s annual report.
The bonus for Rusbridger, who is also a member of the GMG board of directors, was said to be “in recognition of his leading role in the successful launch of the new format Guardian and Observer newspapers”.
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GMG made an overall pre-tax profit £66.4 million – a figure boosted by the more profitable regional newspaper and Trader Media divisions.
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