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Ryan Seacrest’s $45 Million Salary Sends ‘American Idol’ Costs Soaring
May 10, 2011 Ryan does his thing each and every day on KFFM and gets paid...thanks to Yahoo news for the Seacrest budget update!
Ryan Seacrest's salary to host "American Idol" tripled in 2009 -- jumping from $5 million a year to $15 million, paid in part by CKX, which owns the Fox hit.