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A base salary of $250K? No wonder they're going down the toilet.


A. That is low pay for a national talk show on 60+ stations. B. with
increasing numbers of affiliates and a growing revenue stream, AA is
not going down the toilet. They are growing faster than Limbaugh did
in his first few years.

Looks like they are growing their revenue stream by not paying their
employees.

Actually, they replaced that no-name person with Jerry Springer, for a bout
6 times the money plus stock options.

Yeah, but will they pay him or stiff him?

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A base salary of $250K? No wonder they're going down the toilet.


A. That is low pay for a national talk show on 60+ stations. B. with
increasing numbers of affiliates and a growing revenue stream, AA is
not going down the toilet. They are growing faster than Limbaugh did
in his first few years.

Looks like they are growing their revenue stream by not paying their
employees.

Actually, they replaced that no-name person with Jerry Springer, for a
bout
6 times the money plus stock options.

Yeah, but will they pay him or stiff him?

With over 60 affiliates, they are probably well on the way to making money
already.

DE - Then why Cheat the little people who
helped them along the way to get there ? ~ RHF
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"RHF" wrote in message
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DE - Then why Cheat the little people who
helped them along the way to get there ? ~ RHF

Because the show was not getting clearances from the affiliates, so they
replaced it. Same reason why TV shows are cancelled... bad ratings or lack
of affiliate clearance.

DE - Then why not pay her for the work
that in fact she did perform ? ~ RHF
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 02:15:07 GMT, "David Eduardo"
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"John S." wrote in message
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Don't know too much about Air America...are they having problems
attracting listeners? If that is the case, then I'm not surprised to
see them jettisoning the high-paid help.

$250 k for a national talk show already on over 60 stations is very low pay.
Local talk hosts in larger markets make more.


Basically, she was getting about $1000 for each 2-hour national
broadcast she did -- not a lot of money in the entertainment world.

I used to listen to her. She and her co-host were actually a lot more
entertaining than Springer, who replaced them. Oh, well...

bob
k5qwg

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RHF wrote:
DE - Then why Cheat the little people who
helped them along the way to get there ? ~ RHF
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Because there initial deep-pockets investor was a fraud and they ran
out of cash for a while. Staff defered their paychecks.

As for the Winstead lawsuit, it's related to early termination of her
contract and in Showbiz this this kind of suit happens all the time.
We just don't know what the merit of her claims is.

AA says they will have positive cash flow within the year. Not bad for
a startup.
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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

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RHF wrote:
DE - Then why not pay her for the work
that in fact she did perform ? ~ RHF
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It's a lawsuit, which means there is a disagreement. We don't know if
AA or Winstead is in the right. This will be settled in (or out) of
court.

$300k isn't going to make or break AA.

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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

David Eduardo wrote:

"John S." wrote in message
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Don't know too much about Air America...are they having problems
attracting listeners? If that is the case, then I'm not surprised to
see them jettisoning the high-paid help.

$250 k for a national talk show already on over 60 stations is very low pay.
Local talk hosts in larger markets make more.

They sure do! I recall something about Garry Meier who was on WLS Chicago with
Roe Conn turning down what I think was 7 million for a 5 year contract and
walking. Perhaps you know what the figure was being more closely associated with
that kind of MW info.

I'm not sure what Roe got after renewing his contract. Roe does a good job, but
it's just not the same without Garry.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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Their live broadcast over the Internet has a bigger audience than Fox
News -- not a bad toilet to be in, eh?

No F'ing way.