Its shares also rose 33 per cent over the year, finishing June 30 at $11.96, compared to $9.01 a year earlier. On Tuesday, the widely traded Class A shares rose 23 cents, or 1.9 per cent, to close at $12.54. Meanwhile, Chase Carey, the 56-year-old former DirecTV CEO who rejoined News Corp as its president in July last year, received $US23.1 million ($A25.9 million) in total pay, thanks to a $US10 million ($A11.21 million) signing bonus and a guaranteed $US5 million ($A5.61 million) bonus tied to the company's earnings per share.