President and Co-Chief Executive Officer · Gray Media, Inc. (GTN)

Donald LaPlatney

A named executive officer of Gray Media in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,770,480

FY2023: $5,687,817

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Gray Media by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Gray Media, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Donald LaPlatney compensation by year

Gray Media Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Gray Media reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$1,000,000$1,040,000$1,040,000$1,150,000$1,242,000$1,304,000
Bonus$0—$2,250,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,600,000$1,767,995$4,018,002$2,299,986$2,483,997$1,467,001
Option awards$0—$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,120,000$1,171,730$1,236,490$1,564,963$1,808,692$1,862,432
Pension and deferred compensation$0—$0$0$0$0
All other$116,175$152,458$138,309$141,129$153,128$137,047
Total$3,836,174$4,132,183$8,682,801$5,156,078$5,687,817$4,770,480

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Gray Media, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-009956, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Gray Media, Inc. filed document, accession 0001437749-26-009956. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

$3.8M
$4.1M
$8.7M
$5.2M
$5.7M
$4.8M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU251,972$2,257,669—
PSU247,075$2,213,792—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Gray Media, Inc.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Gray Media’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Hilton HowellExecutive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$11,472,138
Donald LaPlatney · this pagePresident and Co-Chief Executive Officer$4,770,480
Jeffrey GignacExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,444,098
Kevin LatekExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer, and Secretary$3,351,961
Sandra McNamaraExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$2,926,984

Board service

Gray Media board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Gray Media pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in equity. As stated in Gray Media's FY2025 proxy.

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