According to Forbes, Seacrest earned a quick $1M for hosting Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC last night for the fourth time. He began solo hosting in 2012 after Clark passed away.
How else does Seacrest rake in his $65 million annual salary? According to Forbes:
- Seacrest has been the host of American Idol since the show began in 2002, and he reportedly brings in a whopping $15 million per season.
- In 2004, Seacrest became the successor to Casey Kasem’s weekly Top 40 radio show, American Top 40. That same year, Seacrest started his weekday radio show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest.
- Though On Air With Ryan Seacrest is based at at KIIS 102.7 FM in LA, the show is broadcasted to hundreds of Clear Channel radio stations across the country. Seacrest reportedly pockets $15 million per year from iHeartMedia for these two radio gigs.
On January 31, 2012, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital announced they would invest up to $300M in Ryan Seacrest Media. A consortium headed by Seacrest (with partners AEG and CAA) agreed to rebrand Mark Cuban's HDNet television network as AXS TV.
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