Nine still the one when it comes to the big bucks
A breakdown of Australian television’s most-paid network stars shows that Nine is still using its chequebook to keep top-rating talent loyal.
The inaugural edition of The Australian’s Television Rich List was published over the weekend, featuring the country’s 35 top-paid television personalities.
The News Corp publication compiled the list after spending a week “meeting senior executives with intimate knowledge” on salary matters. The list features on-air talent only, meaning the likes of Nine’s CEO Matt Stanton, who is earning $1.6 million annually, aren’t included in the list.
Interesting – like I get that stars draw audiences and audiences draw advertisers (as long as you are happy to sell to gen x), but some of those ‘stars’ would have earned more than the 200 or so people that Nine cut in 2024, plus they have several more million $ earmarked in ‘savings’ coming up, no doubt hard working Australians with families and if they are lucky enough, mortgages.
All over paid not one off them worth listening to