The compensation of the Murdochs running 21st Century Fox Inc. skyrocketed in the past fiscal year as top executives were given large stock awards in the wake of the company’s move to sell a number of assets to Walt Disney Co. for $71.3 billion.
Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, earned a total of $49.2 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 68% from a year earlier, according to a proxy filing. Mr. Murdoch’s salary of $7.1 million was unchanged, but he was granted $23.3 million in stock awards,...