Glenn Beck Inc:How Glenn Beck Makes $32 Million A Year
Love him, hate him, or love to hate him, but Fox News’ Glenn Beck is a rich man. In his empire there’s the ideology–and then there’s the money machine.
Five and a half hours before showtime Glenn Beck still isn’t quite sure how he’ll provide tonight’s entertainment, “The Future of History”–two hours of monologue (and answers to preselected questions) before a nearly sellout crowd of 1,000 or so people at the Nokia ( NOK - news - people ) Theatre in New York City’s Times Square. “But that’s me–I’m the next-event guy,” says Beck, flanked by two bodyguards as he walks the four blocks between the Fox News Channel studio, where he has pretaped the day’s show, and the theater.
But reporter Lacey Rose tells us his Fox News contract is the least lucrative of his many projects from books
to radio shows to merchandise.
He’s a regular empire, and knows it.
“I could give a flying crap about the political process,” he told Forbes. “We’re an entertainment company.”
Here’s the math:
$12 million from book sales from a Simon & Schuster co-venture “typically reserved for authors like Stephen King.”
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$50 million from a 5-year contract with Premiere Radi0 Networks that netted $10 million last year. It’s the No. 3 most-listened to show in America.
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$4 million from his website, which brings in revenue from ads, “Insider” paid subscription service ($54.95 per year) and retail merchandise sales.
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$3 million in speaking fees, including his “Bold Fresh Tour” with Bill O’Reilly .
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$2 million from his Fox News contract.
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$1 million from his Fusion magazine.
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$32 million in 2009!
Read the whole story at Forbes
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