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Talk Show Hosts, Pundits, Journalists, Former Politicians
Annual Earnings including book sales, talking fees and contracts with networks.
1 Rush Limbaugh Talk show host $59 million
2 Glenn Beck Talk show host $33 million
3 Sean Hannity Talk show host $22 million
4 Bill O'Reilly Talk show host $20 million
5 Jon Stewart Talk show host $15 million
6 Sarah Palin Current or former government official $14 million
7 Don Imus Talk show host $11 million
8 Bill Clinton Current or former government official $7.7 million
9 Keith Olbermann Talk show host $7.5 million
10 Rudy Giuliani Current or former government official $7.0 million
11 Laura Ingraham Talk show host $7.0 million
12 Newt Gingrich Current or former government official $5.5 million
13 Madeleine Albright Current or former government official $5 million
14 Stephen Colbert Talk show host $5 million
15 Arianna Huffington Journalist $5 million
16 Mark Levin Talk show host $5 million
17 Chris Matthews Talk show host $4.5 million
18 George W. Bush Current or former government official $4.2 million
19 Bill Maher Talk show host $4 million
20 Barack Obama Current or former government official $4 million
21 Jorge Ramos Journalist $4 million
22 Joe Scarborough Talk show host $3.5 million
23 Fareed Zakaria Journalist $3.1 million
24 Bob Barnett Power broker $3 million
25 Alan Greenspan Current or former government official $3 million
26 Frank Luntz Political strategist $3 million
27 Mark Halperin Journalist $2.5 million
28 John Heilemann Journalist $2.5 million
29 Bob Woodward Journalist $2.5 million
30 Thomas Friedman Journalist $2 million
31 Al Gore Current or former government official $2 million
32 Rachel Maddow Talk show host $2 million
33 Jon Meacham* Journalist $2 million
34 Charlie Rose Talk show host $2 million
35 Karl Rove Current or former government official $2 million
36 Condoleezza Rice Current or former government official $1.8 million
37 Charlie Cook Journalist $1.5 million
38 David Plouffe Political strategist $1.5 million
39 David Remnick Journalist $1.3 million
40 Roland Martin Journalist $1.1 million
41 Tina Brown Journalist $1 million
42 Dick Cheney Current or former government official $1 million
43 John McLaughlin Talk show host $1 million
44 Colin Powell* Current or former government official $1 million
45 Eduardo 'Piolin' Sotelo Talk show host $1 million
46 Richard Stengel Journalist $1 million
47 Paul Krugman Journalist $900,000
48 Mary Matalin* Current or former government official $800,000
49 Ann Coulter Journalist $750,000
50 David Axelrod Current or former government official $720,000
* Disputed estimates, but declined to provide further information on the numbers.
Source: NEWSWEEK's Power 50: The List - Newsweek, November 8, 2010
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last updated 24 Nov 2010