Sean Hannity Gets $100 Million Deal

MediaWeek:

In the end, Citadel Broadcasting, which inherited top Talk personality Sean Hannity when it bought ABC Radio, could only hold onto Hannity through an unusual deal with Clear Channel's programming powerhouse, Premiere Radio Networks.

Hannity's new syndication contract, announced Monday (July 21), calls for his afternoon Talk program to be syndicated via ABC Radio Networks (owned by Citadel) through the end of the year. But in December, Premiere will take over syndication of the three-hour program to all non-Citadel-owned stations and lead the advertising sales.

Hannity's contract with ABC Radio Networks expired recently and rumors have been swirling every since. For Premiere, grabbing Hannity gives the radio network a blockbuster afternoon Talk block beginning with Rush Limbaugh at Noon, followed by Hannity at 3 p.m.

While Limbaugh reportedly got a $400 million contract over eight years with Premiere, Hannity's was somewhat less, about $100 million over the next five years, according to various reports.

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Comments

[sa]

06:07 AM on 07/23/2008

money is only a yard stick
for how valuable your time is,
and your influence on the world.

that's why jesus
was worth over 289 billion
dollars at his death.

when jesus up-turned the tables
of the moneychang­ers in the temple -
the real story is that he
was firing his broker.

p.s. i'm in a high fidelity first class traveling section -
i think i need me a lear jet...

[JackNasty]

01:32 AM on 07/23/2008

The cost of right-wing propagandi­sts keep going up. You'd think there was a demand for that sort of nonsense.

[sufi66]

02:04 PM on 07/22/2008

All the money in the world doesn't make the guy right.

[Wigelah]

09:53 PM on 07/22/2008

What an incredible waste of money.

[rage]

10:17 PM on 07/22/2008

It doesn't make him wrong.

[KrazyKat]

12:07 PM on 07/22/2008

Interestin­g contract -- while $100 million sounds like a lot of money, it actually works out to just seventy-fi­ve bucks for every time Hannity slanders and maligns Michelle Obama.

[rage]

10:16 PM on 07/22/2008

Money well spent. I would do it for free.

[KrazyKat]

10:46 PM on 07/22/2008

You would slander and malign someone for free? Seriously, you enjoy spreading lies about people? How sad and cowardly.

I guess "rage" is a good name for you after all. At least we know where you're coming from.

[Vyvjala]

11:35 AM on 07/22/2008

Who said talk is cheap?....­..........­.....hanni­ty will eventually self implode, because its a tuff job being #2........­..........­..

[rage]

10:18 PM on 07/22/2008

self implode?

[Blutus]

01:40 AM on 07/22/2008

That liberal press conspiracy is really something!

I'm sure Brokaw and Couric and Williams make twice what Limbaugh makes!

After all, liberals own all the media and dominate it!! Remember?

And I wonder if $100 million a year means that Hannity is now a hated elitist?

Boy these guys better watch out or they won't be men of the people much longer.

[AzRealProgressive]

09:14 PM on 07/22/2008

2 of the three you mentioned, and I am not sure about Brokaw went on a sightseein­g tour with Obama. The invite for FOX news must have been misplaced.

To put Hannity's deal in perspectiv­e, Shaquille O'neal makes over 20 million a year. He made well over a 100 million with the Lakers before he moved on. Popular entertaine­rs command big bucks. Either athletes or media types.

[Blutus]

10:49 PM on 07/22/2008

I'm sure you must have a point.

[Exit]

01:06 AM on 07/22/2008

Sean Hannity is the worse thing about America. It shows that doing shock jock stuff for ratings works.

[rowzeer]

01:52 AM on 07/22/2008

Like I said...If you're willing to wh*re yourself there's always someone willing to buy.

Hate sells just as much as sex does.....p­eople have to feel that their irrational hatred is justified. That's why hatemonger­s always will have an audience.

[AzRealProgressive]

09:16 PM on 07/22/2008

I disagree. Howard Stern is a shock jock. Not Sean Hannity. He went to the pay for radio because the rest of the people who regulate airwave content were tired of him.

Howard took his 100s of millions to play elsewhere.

Any comments on that contract?

[ShaunHammer]

01:00 AM on 07/22/2008

Why tear down someone for being successful­. Its enjoyable reading this and you say he is "full of hatred" when almost every post on here is worse than anything hannity has ever said.

Many posts on here say that he has said "racist statements against Obama" Name one for me. Just one racist statement. Can you give an example?

By the way, if no one listened to him, he would'nt make any money. How do the "right-win­g handlers" make 2 million people listen to him everyday? Please explain that...

If no one listened he would be gone...its that simple.

[ebanks84]

12:51 AM on 07/22/2008

I guess they showed him he wasn't worth all those millions, hehehehehe­he! Good for him. Now maybe he'll talk like a "human being" instead of the animal he usually is.

Things are going to change anyway and I hope he and Rush are ready for that change. People are going to have better things to do than waste their time listening to their garbage.

[laffinatlibs]

12:54 AM on 07/22/2008

Thinks are going to change?? How? The "We cant compete cause we suck doctrine"?

[AzRealProgressive]

01:01 AM on 07/22/2008

100 million suggests that a whole lot of people will be tuned in.

[PanFx]

11:26 AM on 07/22/2008

Yes, it suggest that a whole lot of gospel-bel­ieving tools like yourself will be listening for self-valid­ation, absorbing every word Hannity speaks as truth. The rest of the listeners are listening for entertainm­ent -- like watching monkeys fling poo.

[Blurp]

12:48 AM on 07/22/2008

Clearly, there is no god.

[swift goat pet for truth]

11:25 AM on 07/22/2008

So true.

Its about the same as top drug lords make.

[AzRealProgressive]

07:21 PM on 07/23/2008

Or NBA players, or NFL players, or MLB players. Or the Brangelina­, and don't forge the boxers like Evander Holyfield, etc

[rage]

10:27 PM on 07/22/2008

Surely there is a golden calf you could turn to for comfort.

[Blurp]

01:44 AM on 07/23/2008

I worship noone! Perhaps Ba'al.

[nellie]

12:22 AM on 07/22/2008

There is no justice.

[naijaman]

11:58 PM on 07/21/2008

Maybe now his listeners will laugh at him when he refers to Obama as a "wealthy elitist" trying to step on "regular folks like you and me". I'm not holding my breath, but just maybe his listeners will wake up.

[JiminNC]

10:33 PM on 07/21/2008

This guy sucked in Huntsville­, AL and now he is worth 100 mil. What an eff'd up world.

[AzRealProgressive]

01:04 AM on 07/22/2008

AIn't America great? A dummy like Hannity using only his talent, smarts, and work ethics makes it big. How many millions of Americans you think listen to him?

How much does FOX pay him I wonder ?

[rage]

10:34 PM on 07/22/2008

Maybe if enough of you libs supported Airhead America, you would have someone for me to complain about. Alas, you all suck! He's getting paid because he does more than talk $#!t about the opposition­. Your side has no one because you guys found out you can't throw pies and spit through the microphone­s.

[proudloudlib]

10:12 PM on 07/21/2008

It's official. The world's gone mad.

The man is not worth 100 pennies.

[Redrover666]

11:18 PM on 07/21/2008

No, actually you just read a headline that suggests that perhaps you already have. But don't worry, I'll go along with you.

Everyone is crazy... except you and me. OK little buddy.

[crazylikeafox]

12:31 AM on 07/22/2008

I'd love to shove every last bill in his mouth.

[Paul]

09:55 PM on 07/21/2008

Hannity is getting NBA money.

What's his field-goal shooting percentage­? Rebounds? Assists? Can he play 40 minutes?

Can he slam dunk?

[crazylikeafox]

12:33 AM on 07/22/2008

I guess his spewing is working wonders for the rich who run America.