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He's Worth $400 Million?

Filed under: Media Minute > Politik

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Conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh struck a mighty rich renewal deal with Clear Channel!

The radio giants are paying the Right's top media man $400 million to host his conservative talk show ’til 2016.

Limbaugh reaches an audience of nearly 20 million listeners. His program is syndicated on about 600 radio stations nationwide.

In a recent magazine interview, Limbaugh shows off his biz acumen. He says, “First and foremost I’m a businessman. My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience so I can charge confiscatory ad rates. I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime.”

So he just riles people up for the money?

Looks like it's working!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]



178 comments to “He's Worth $400 Million?”

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  1. emily says – reply to this
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    radio hosts can make that much money?

  2. a says – reply to this
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    gross

  3. ME says – reply to this
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    first! ewwww! he's gross

  4. Anonymous says – reply to this
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    ewww

  5. Dave says – reply to this
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    That'll buy a lot of hillbilly heroine!

    Obama'08

  6. Freda says – reply to this
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    jdjdjd

  7. Austi says – reply to this
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    I can't believe people ACTUALLY listen to this man. He hurts my ears.
    Stop the INSANITY!!!!

  8. nicni says – reply to this
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    First

  9. Marsh says – reply to this
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    Fat drug addicted republican LOOSER

  10. alli says – reply to this
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    NO, DUMBTARD, THAT'S WHAT HE WILL BE MAKING IN THE NEXT 8 YRS, HE ALREADY HAS 400 MILLION FROM HIS LAST FEW YEARS!

  11. lotta says – reply to this
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    Rush is a conservative, drug-addicted ass with nothing but hypocritic opinions.

  12. Colle says – reply to this
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    $400 million, are they crazy, lets hope he doesn't get caught with any more drugs…

  13. mj says – reply to this
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    He is first and foremost and entertainer and HE says that all the time. Yes there is political commentary in what he does. It works, it's great Liberals are idiots. If they had any brains they would copy his formula and make it work for them. They are too stupid, too busy hugging trees, saving whales, smokin weed. If liberals are so damn smart why can't a politically LEFT show survive and thrive? Hate the game not the player. Go Rush!

  14. Itsme says – reply to this
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    Limbaugh is the bomb. The most informative and fascinating radio show that exists. Lovable little fuzzball deserves the 400 mil!!

  15. clair says – reply to this
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    Hey Obama 08- Here's some change the country REALLY could use: basic spelling skills. I believe you meant "heroin."

    I love Rush! He rocks my world!!!

  16. El Ru says – reply to this
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    Good for him.

  17. bigE says – reply to this
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    Re: mj – MJ- well said! what happened to air~america? the liberals should get together, pass the hat and help with its syndication : )

  18. M.A. says – reply to this
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    "So he just riles people up for the money?"

    Uhhh, yeah. Basically just like YOU do, Perez.

  19. kazze says – reply to this
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    omg no way!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. ladyb says – reply to this
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    ladyballs doesn't like rush limbaugh…
    ladyballs LOVES her some limbaugh

  21. donni says – reply to this
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    That's a lot of money for bullshit.

  22. ballo says – reply to this
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    I didn't know hot air was so expensive

  23. Baudi says – reply to this
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    The world would be a better place if this pill popping hypocrite would just have a fucking heart attack already.

  24. emma says – reply to this
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    PEREZ WE BETTER SEE YOUR ASS RUNNING ON THE BEACH SHIRTLESS ON THE 4TH! & YOU BETTER PUT THE VIDEO ON HERE. YOU BETTER KEEP THIS PROMISE. TWO DAYS PEREZ. TWO DAYS!

  25. Fifi says – reply to this
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    a fat drug addict with E.D. Shit, pay me 400 million and I'll carry the water for Republicans

  26. 26

    meh

  27. Gia J says – reply to this
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    HATE HIM! EWWWWWWW! He'll blow it all. Literally! On drugs and women!

  28. Avid says – reply to this
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    I love him! Listen everyday.

  29. Joe says – reply to this
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    Being a fan of Rush is sort of like being a fan of Perez, you love them even though you don't always agree with them.

    Joe
    (Any Savage Nation fans in here?)

  30. Rash says – reply to this
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    Entertaining people for money?
    That is just wrong!!!
    (Unless you are a flaming liberal)

  31. k=H=k says – reply to this
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    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]]]]]]]]]]]]]

    figurezz…all the old ugly baztardz r the onez with

    the money and the nice carz……every time me…and

    my sister ride thru florida…we C all theze beautiful carz

    and the ugliezt oldezt looking creep iz behind the wheel….

    grozzz….HE LUVZ HIZ OXI=COTIN…DON'T HE…MR..REPUBLICAN..

  32. Trtl says – reply to this
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    Hell yes he's worth it. ROCK ON RUSH! STICK IT TO THOSE LIBERAL FUCKTARDS!

  33. Gazze says – reply to this
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    Re: mj – THIS WAS STATED PERFECTLY. IF LIBERALS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY'D BE REPUBLICAN. 90% OF WHAT COMES OUT OF RUSH IS HUMOR AND IF YOU LIBERAL NUT-JOBS WOULD SPEND A FEW SHOWS LISTENING TO HIM THEN YOU TOO WOULD BECOME FANS
    -
    -
    THE REAL NUT-JOBS ARE AL FRANKEN AND WESLEY CLARK… EVEN ONE OF YOUR OWN..DON IMUS HATES GAYS AND BLACKS.
    -
    -
    BTW PEREZ…THE WHOLESALE COST ON YOUR HOT TOPIC T'S IS $1.39 AND THEY ARE TASTELESS. PS: THEY BOY YOU WERE WITH IN SF TOLD US THAT YOU HAVE A SMALL PEEP.

  34. lyss says – reply to this
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    Rush is the man. I love him.

  35. Kelly says – reply to this
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    Uh…liberals are so angry!! It's just lovely to wish someone would have a heart attack & die (hint Baudi)…WOW!

  36. Katie says – reply to this
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    you're just jealous bitches!

  37. Tyson says – reply to this
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    You do it also. Hopefully you posted this whilst looking in a mirror.

  38. Skip says – reply to this
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    And he's worth every penney!

  39. SJ says – reply to this
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    OBAMA '08!!

  40. smiff says – reply to this
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    you can buy alot of oxycotin with that

  41. MBM says – reply to this
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    Way to go Rush! You definately deserve it. The recent democratic primaries and all the bickering and in fighting, got me listening to conservative talk radio and Fox News for the first time. The sad thing is that I needed to get accurate and fair information on election results and what was going on in the democratic party. Unfortunately, Fox News was the only place to get it. CNN, NBC, and MSNBC (Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews) were just too biased in their coverage of the democratic primaries and their love affair with Barack Obama. I have renounced my affilation to the democratic party and the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Kerry, Howard Dean and all the Kennedys thanks for making me see the light Rush.

  42. Rash says – reply to this
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    As soon as Nancy Pelosi and
    the flaming liberal Congress push through
    the so called "Fairness Doctrine" to destroy
    talk radio,
    we won't have to worry about
    listening to Rush or MICHAEL SAVAGE or Lou Dobbs
    or anyone else with a brain who stands up to the
    thought control Liberal Left.
    RASH MANLY

  43. Miche says – reply to this
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    I LOVE Rush !!! I think your HOT and I listen to your radio show!

  44. Bella says – reply to this
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    Fantastic!!!! Yeah, so you are calling the 20 million people who listen to the common sense that Rus discusses "insane". Thanks a bunch…just love the childish, juvenile name-calling on this site. Yes, you liberals are SO far superior to the rest of us. Forgive me for not realizing that sooner. (Please note sense of sarcasm here…)
    If this was a democrat/liberal, you ALL would be praising the almight God for his business savvy & for getting the word out to the American electorate.

  45. Bella says – reply to this
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    Re: mj – Here! Here, MJ! You hit the nail on the head!!!! WOO HOO!!!

  46. Carol says – reply to this
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    This country needs to wake up! We are paying hate mongers that much
    money while, we have layoffs all over the country. We have soldiers being maimed and killed, returned never to be the same.

    WAKE UP AMERICA WAKE UP

  47. MAGEN says – reply to this
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    RUSH IS WORTH EVERY DIME OF THAT $400 MILLION! I'M A FAN WHO'S GLAD WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP LISTENING TO HIM UNTIL HE'S AT LEAST 65 YRS OLD!!!

  48. Homer says – reply to this
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    Bababooey! Bababooey!

  49. Trtl says – reply to this
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    I BET ALL YOU IDIOTS TALKING DOWN ON RUSH HAVE NEVER EVEN LISTENED TO HIM… WHO'S A HYPOCRITE?

  50. Chris says – reply to this
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    GET EM RUSH! Love your radio show

  51. hones says – reply to this
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    "So he just riles people up for the money?"

    isnt that what you do too?

  52. Dagny says – reply to this
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    That American dream that liberals seem to think isn't attainable? Rush got there. $400 million isn't bad for a college drop-out. But I suppose guys like him don't help the liberal mantra that people can't succeed without government. I don't listen to him, but I don't begrudge him what he's been able to do with his life. But that takes effort, so I can understand why most of you can't understand it. Achievement is hard. It takes, like, effort and time, and… you know, like… stuff.

  53. scaro says – reply to this
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    Gotta love some rush 24/7…it's worth EVERY penny! The left has never been insane! I'm glad that he's making good money and keeping the conservative movement going. He's the only dude that makes any sense out there and actually listens to the FACTS - what a concept!

  54. Sibby says – reply to this
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    He's a Brilliant man…you should actually listen to him long enough to make an educated decision about him. freak'n libs…….all yawl understand is welfare. Get a job!

  55. Dagny says – reply to this
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    Re: Carol – America isn't paying him shit. The company he works for is. Get your statist, whiny head out of your @$$ and make your own way.

  56. Jana says – reply to this
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    Go Rush! Gotta love Capitalism….. And some people might learn something if they listened to Rush, other than listening to the liberal media who have no idea what's going on!

  57. LS198 says – reply to this
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    He doesn't deserve a penny for the crap that comes out of his mouth.

  58. mimi says – reply to this
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    Just on those full of himself comments..I would not listen to his show…
    come on so it blantant said that he just winds people up so he can make money .. talk about making a mockery of his listener…
    look like he put his foot in his month major time…. and I think that would cost him a nice chunck of change…

  59. desir says – reply to this
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    There is nothing wrong with a sugar daddy. What would all those poor, untalented, vacant hotties do without them? Work as a waitress in Culver City eating 75cent canned tuna every night ?It just wouldn't be right Perez. The less fortunate need help.

  60. valli says – reply to this
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    he makes that kind of money because he's got more liteners than nbc, cbs,and abc they watching there liberial bias shows. sorry reality sucks doesn't it.

  61. LeeLe says – reply to this
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    Limbaugh is a disgusting fucking pig, isn't he.

  62. trixi says – reply to this
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    Is it me or does Rush Limbaugh look exactly like the guy who runs The Bunny Ranch?

  63. Trixi says – reply to this
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    Is it me or does Rush Limbaugh and the guy who runs The Bunny Ranch look exactly alike?

  64. ed says – reply to this
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    Incredible that there are that many idiots out there who would listen to this fat boated idiot. An idiot who never served one single day in the military nor ever held any elected public office. Matter of fact, I don`t even think this turd has anything more than a High school education. But he is Mr. Know-it-all…Yeah, The middle east is a grenade with the pin pulled, gas is through the roof, and Israel and Bush are about to start WW3 by attacking Iran.. Yeah Rush, conservatives are just geniuses.

  65. :( says – reply to this
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    I listen to him everyday. He's honest and tells it like it is, not like the mainstream media who gives obama a 3 minute spot and then a 20 second spot for mccain on their news program (which happened last night on abc). I've begun to think that most of the news media channels are like the news station in V for Vendetta.

    Also, I love how he's not afraid to say the mainstream media are trying to scare the shit out of us.

  66. Dick says – reply to this
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    Re: trixi – From what I hear he'd be a great boss at the Bunny Ranch cuz he wouldn't want to touch the merchandise!!! He's a bigger phag than THOM CRUISE!!!

  67. JSTWP says – reply to this
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    HEY THIS IS JOHN STALL THE WONDERPOPE sez…
    THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED UNDER GAY GAY GAY!!! AFTER ALL, WHY DID HE GET CAUGHT WITH A SHITLOAD OF BONER IN A BOTTLE PILLS WHEN HE WENT ON AN "ALL-MALE WEEKEND" TO THE GAY GAY GAY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC???

  68. shell says – reply to this
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    [re=2491330]Re: MAGEN
    MAGEN gets her marchin' orders from a drug addict. What a dumb cooze. Stupid stupid btich!

  69. jt says – reply to this
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    Obviously those people leaving rude, nasty comments about Rush have never listened to him!! He is awesome!! Myself and 20 million others agree!

  70. rita says – reply to this
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    Dr. shopping don't come cheap.

  71. libgr says – reply to this
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    Re: Dagny – Dagney - I'm a liberal and have a hard time listening to Rush, but agree with you that it's impressive and inspiring that a high school dropout and drug addict can make $400K in 8yrs. Worth every penny, he makes more money for advertisers than he costs them.
    .
    But to say that he made it without the government's help? You're an idiot. The airwaves are owned by the people of the USA and maintained by the government. The high school he dropped out of was paid for by taxpayers. The schools all his fans paid for were paid for by taxpayers. The roads he drives to work on were built and maintained by the government. The freedom of speech that lets him talk smack is guaranteed by the government, and protected by the military, which is maintained by the government. Etc, etc.
    .
    Face it, without the US government, Rush would, well, probably be dead by now, he doesn't seem physically strong enough to protect himself in anarchy. No shame in that, I probably would be too. But I don't go around telling everyone that I made it on my own with no help. That's why I get sick of listening to Rush, he takes credit for other people's work and lies all the time. But lies are protected by freedom of speech! Go Rush, keep pushing the envelope!

  72. Low says – reply to this
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    He fits perfect with all the Republican slime these days.

  73. Jace says – reply to this
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    Ditto - Only people that have never listened to him before, or will only believe what other tell them about Rush, make the nasty comments. He is the biggest voice on Radio, of anyone, for 20 years. Evidently that's a very big reason why he's getting another 400 million. I try and listen when I can. Woo Hoo Go Rush

  74. Dagny says – reply to this
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    Re: ed

    Where's that liberal compassion for people who didn't go to college and have to work against the dirty capitalist system all on their own? If he worked for Wal-Mart at $6/hour you wouldn't be able to stop yourself from talking about his deservedness at a "betterlife." But he went and got one without your (read: liberal) permission, because he didn't need it, and now you're a hater.

    And FYI- Bill Maher, Al Franken, Barak Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, et al. haven't served in the military, and would leave soldiers to die just to be proven right, so I'm not sure why you would bring up service. Unless, of course, you have a problem with people supporting others who h