The average CEO of an S&P 500 company brings home almost $13 million -- but some earn much more. The AP's list of the 10 highest-paid CEOs highlights where the biggest paychecks went -- and what America's companies got in return.
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by the AP using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
The Wire creator David Simon is an old school newspaper reporter who has expressed fears about the future of journalism on the Web. But he's finally warming up to the Internet, hoping viewers will use Google searches to help decipher the culture of an old New Orleans neighborhood, Treme, the setting for his new HBO series.
