This is roughly equivalent to what Carey’s predecessor in the position Peter Chernin got. Chernin officially vacated his position yesterday, but will still be involved with News Corp via his first-look deal for his new move and TV production company. Besides some more payments on his stock in news Corp, Chernin will also have the right to the “use of a corporate jet, a corporate car, screening room and personal secretarial services,” a separate SEC filing disclosed today.

—Meanwhile, at XM Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI), CEO Mel Karmazin’s employment contract, set to expire in November this year, has now been extended until Dec. 31, 2012. The company has also increased his salary from a base of $1.25 million to $1.5 million annually going ahead. He also has an option to purchase 120 million shares at an exercise price of 43 cents a share, the closing price for the company’s shares Tuesday. This comes as the company is still unprofitable, but Karmazin helped see the merger of XM and Sirius, and also managed to rescue the company from a potential bankruptcy when Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) struck a deal to invest $530 million in the company. More in the SEC filing here.