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Filed under: Company News, Media, Entertainment Industry, CEOs Jordan Strauss/Invision via APCBS CEO Leslie Moonves was the second highest paid CEO in 2014, according to a study by executive compensation data firm Equilar and AP. By STEVE ROTHWELL and RYAN NAKASHIMA NEW YORK — They’re not Hollywood stars, they’re not TV personalities and they don’t play in a rock band, but their pay packages are in the same league. Six of the 10 highest-paid CEOs last year worked in the media industry, according to a study carried out by executive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. The best-paid chief executive of a large American company was David Zaslav, head of Discovery Communications (DISCK), the pay-TV channel operator that is home to “Shark Week.”