RYAN SEACREST - SEACREST A $45-MILLION IDOL

SEACREST A $45-MILLION IDOL

Ryan Seacrest will earn $45 million over the next three years for continuing to host American Idol , the Hollywood Reporter reported today (Monday), citing no sources. The trade publication said that the deal with CKX, Inc., which purchased Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment (which produces American Idol) for $200 million in 2005, will be announced today. It will effectively treble Seacrest's current salary of $5 million per year. Seacrest is one of the media's busiest figures. Under a deal with Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, he serves as managing editor and anchor of E! News, is executive producer and host of E!'s Live From the Red Carpet , and is the producer of Keeping Up With the Kardashians . In addition, he hosts the nationally syndicated radio shows On-Air With Ryan Seacrest and American Top 40 .

13/07/2009