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The annual Croner Entertainment Survey provides comprehensive market data for compensation for jobs and specialties in all segments of the Entertainment industry, including Film, Television, Digital Entertainment and Music production and distribution. Noteworthy insights from the just published 2020 Croner Entertainment Survey include: Executives and Middle Management levels across industry segments experienced steady compensation growth year […]

Current Trends in Compensation and Benefits The Croner Compensation Survey of Foundations provides comprehensive market data on compensation practices specific to private, independent grantmaking foundations and pass-through grantmaking organizations in the U.S.  Noteworthy current trends in compensation and benefits for the grant making sector, from our just published 2019 Croner Compensation Survey of Foundations, include: […]

Compensation Survey hosted at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation The third annual planning meeting of the Croner Compensation Survey of Foundations will be hosted at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation on Thursday, March 7, 2019, in California.  Sponsors of the Survey will meet to discuss timely issues for managing pay programs in the […]

Many products and services are born accidentally through unplanned events, such as Coca-Cola, Corn Flakes, Post-It Notes and Play-Doh to name a few.  Likewise, The Croner Company, a boutique compensation and benefits consulting firm, was an accident born from its founder’s discontent. In the summer of 1978, dissatisfied with the strategy of the “big eight” […]

Trends in Centralized Organizational Structure MSOs Move Towards Centralization By Mel Croner, Chairman and Founder, and Hali Croner, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Croner CompanyBackground A valid and relevant compensation survey, particularly in a niche industry, requires careful matching of the participants’ positions with the survey benchmark jobs. In some surveys, matching titles suffices. […]

The Croner Company has had the privilege of serving both our consulting and survey clients for more than 30 years. Through our Surveys, we are able to provide you compelling market-based compensation and practices data that support you whether you are developing your company’s overall compensation programs or making daily recommendations s for offers and […]