Rush Limbaugh's sweet new $400M deal of the decade and his G550 jet

Unlike George W. Bush, who will leave the White House in January, Rush Limbaugh isn't going anywhere, no matter what the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.

According to the Drudge Report, the American broadcast industry has been "rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit" by the news that Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show "on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with Clear Channel and Premiere Radio."

Limbaugh, the Heartland Hero host of what Drudge calls "the most lucrative hours since radio's inception," has a total package of more $400 million, according to media insiders.

The New York Times flagged the news to Drudge that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a nine-figure signing bonus for the new deal.

In a "controversial profile," the Gray Lady is reporting that Limbaugh is buying a new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.

In an age when newspapers and traditional broadcast media revenues are plummeting, Limbaugh's loud mouth is spewing gold. Drudge says the New York Times will report that some insiders say that the big man's earnings are more than annual salaries for network news anchors Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer combined.

What do you think? Are you happy about Rush's new contract. Do you listen to him? Do you loathe him? Do you think he cares?

Photo: Rush Limbaugh at the premiere of HBO's "Bernard and  Doris" in New York earlier this year.
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Comments

[The Hana Kid]

Go Rush go..!

[Steve007]

Free market rules.

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer combined are instantly replacable--- and should be.

Rush Limbaugh is not,

[RIVERROAD]

WORK HARD AND WHAT HAPPENS. CONGRADULATIONS RUSH. SORRY TO SAY I AM NOT A REGULAR LISTENER.

[Billy Jack]

Rush is brilliant and honest and necessary to counter the liberal lies.

[Wayne Zeitner]

Rush rules! He is sooo funny and, tout le monde, RIGHT. Go big guy, go.

[AwesomeBob]

This is a real kick in the butt for Pelosi and her "Fairness Doctrine" liberal elites!

If I were him I'd challenge her to a race to San Francisco in her Jumbo Jet. Heck he'd run circles around it in the G550, just like he does everyday on the radio!

[john22222]

"CONGRADULATIONS RUSH"...ahahahhaha...nice spelling.

[Boo]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[Boo]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[dick bohanon]

nice to see the king of the kool-aid drinkers
get a big pay day.
now he can just hire someone to score for him instead of making his maid commit crimes for
his addiction.
keep up the half truths
the idiots just drink it up

[Lykis 101]

Good for you Rush on getting that 400 mil. Just dont blow it all on OXYCONTIN...drug free is the way to bee..lol

[Wsu1983]

Limbaugh is a Viagra-popping, oxycotin-using BOOB! He has NO qualifications and is insignificant! Only in America can someone with no class and no talent make alot of money. What a joke!

[martin]

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer give news and facts. Rush specializes in entertainment. They do not compare

[TheTruth]

Congratulations Rush! You're the funniest guy on the radio...what, you're serious when your on the air...then you're just an overpaid spin doctor.

[Dean Brian]

Rush is the best thing on air!

[martin]

Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer give news and facts. Rush specializes in entertainment. They do not compare

[Marti]

Thank God for Rush - SOMEONE NOT afraid to tell the truth! GO - GO - GO RUSH!!

[wayne wiley]

The cost of producing media is subsidized by ad revenues from corporate America. Any one who can get people to listen to the lies which their "think tanks" routinely feed to demagogic windbags like Limbaugh will be compensated at fantastic rates. He is similar to Hitler's Goebbels. He is able to convince many stupid people that they have no rights, except to have as many guns as they want, and that successful business leaders are demigods to whom we must sacrifice our lives. Sad!

[Duane Laible]

It REALLY pisses off the lib.......er "progressives" doesn't it.

[Toetag45]

Limbaugh is one of the reasons we have "Dead from the neck up finger puppets for the oil industry" running this country. This is a sad day.

[pete]

always knew he'd make the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig time
WAY TO GO RUUUUSH

[Doug4368]

Interesting the contract value placed on his moronic spew. The only thing right about Rush is his political leaning. Rush and Bush are the real four-letter words.

[yay]

drug addict, raging self-hating homo/phob.....

not prancing around the world in a pollution machine....

[Liddi]

Hey liberals, don't be hating! He IS that good!!

[RewardingMediocrity]

Guess all those advertisers selling boner pills, heartburn pills, hair plugs, cash for gold, Jenny Craig, and collectible plates must be paying a lot for their spots. But they sure know the audience! Go Rush, the $400 million working class hero! You are the PT Barnum of the 21st century.