How much money were Opie & Anthony making throughout their run?

[BenDovid]

Then tell us what you know, Dovid.

Pretty sure they were making 3 each at the start. Then they took a huge pay cut and had to fight their way back. Opie kept wanting them to take one-year deals so he was never locked in long term. I doubt their last contract was 3 years and I doubt they ever got paid more than they were circa 2006.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

The 30 mil for three years/ 5 mil a year number was what was reported for their last WNEW contract, 2001-2004. This was their "big contract" although they have both denied they actually made that much.

 

[Cunt fucker is Boq]

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[ElectricLightKazooII]

Anthony is down probably $2million from the divorce alone between paying her and the lawyers (UNDER PROTEST).

I’m writing a personal check and in the memo line I am putting “unfair.”

 

[joranvandersloot]

It was at least a million per year for a while there right? Possibly more? How much do you think they have left?

Some say 600, others say 6 million.

 

[BenDovid]

Anthony is down probably $2million from the divorce alone between paying her and the lawyers

Way more than that. He was paying her half well into the XM days. I think he finally got out of that in like 2008ish.

 

[guest]

Way more than that. He was paying her half well into the XM days. I think he finally got out of that in like 2008ish.

Anthony was such a pussy about the divorce, Jennifer must have known some shady shit about the old kid fucking vampire that her silence was worth all that money.

 

[LingerLonger]

Opie kept wanting them to take one-year deals so he was never locked in long term. I doubt their last contract was 3 years.

They had an XM deal that was three years at first when they signed with the company but it was basically renegotiated when they became extremely popular right off the bat. Then they signed for another three years and that contract survived the merger. Then Opie and Anthony decided that two years with Sirius-XM were better to not lock them into longer deals as they hated Sirius's management. After that they added another two years with an option for an extension for another year.

However, during early 2014, I know that Opie was already looking to extend the contracts of himself, Anthony, and Jim for another year or possibly two. But he wanted to start the show an hour later or possibly work four days a week like the first Sirius contract that Howard had initially. And he had been talking to Sirius about various things after the show. But this all got disrupted by the infamous 'scaffolding' night.

Anthony ended up getting fired in 2014. This was actually during contract negotiations for a multi-year contract for O&A and Jimmy. Within a month of Anthony being fired, both Opie and Jim had negotiated with Sirius to remain with the company, and continue working without Anthony. And they had both independently told Anthony that they would not be quitting Sirius and following him to his own company. Norton basically told Anthony that he would retire with Sirius and never work with Anthony. Which probably caused Anthony to offer Opie half of Compound out of desperation.

Way more than that. He was paying her half well into the XM days. I think he finally got out of that in like 2008ish.

I remember the divorce payouts being ten years but they retroactively applied to the separation years as well. Their separation was in 1999, and his last payment to her was in late 2009. Anthony claimed he sent $2million to Jennifer alone and that didn't include what he spent on lawyers. So $200K a year to her for ten straight years. But within a few years of the payments drying up she was begging people for money and getting arrested for shoplifting and other nonsense.

Anthony was such a pussy about the divorce, Jennifer must have known some shady shit about the old kid fucking vampire that her silence was worth all that money.

We all think that she knew he was a homosexual. Maybe she caught him with gay porn or blowing another dude like Vito.

 

[Sue Lightning]

The 30 mil for three years/ 5 mil a year number was what was reported for their last WNEW contract, 2001-2004. This was their "big contract" although they have both denied they actually made that much.

I was trying to do the math in my head the other day. The 30 mil claim is like Howards salary, just shit put out by agents to inflate their perceived worth. So lets say combined their salaries were 15 mil. That’s 7.5 for each of them BEFORE taxes. Even if you’re generous and assume each contract after this was a million each for every year Anthony raked in 18 million for 10 years worth of work…

And the reason I was trying to do the math is I don’t understand how fucking broke he is in relation to those numbers.

 

[bumbum8]

Nana better be glad she doesn't know of this place. Reading shit like this has me feeling bummed out and it's not even my money being spat away.

 

[THE D]

Everyone bashes Opie for doing one year deals. That's how you get a raise every year.

 

[Sue Lightning]

Everyone bashes Opie for doing one year deals. That's how you get a raise every year.

Cumia was stuck in the mentality of a menial worker taking wage jobs and the WNEW days. His excuse for wanting long deals was so if they were fired they would have to pay out the contract. However, there was virtually no risk of the show being fired in the last 5 years it was on. There’s also some sneaky miscommunication fringing on fans not noticing: WNEW didn’t pay out O&A’s contracts because they were fired and had to. They had to pay out the contracts as a “non compete” so they wouldn’t go to another company. There was no guarantee nor basis that if the show were fired again SXM would pay them out, especially if there were reason to terminate the contract.

His other excuse for wanting long deals was this (I know, boring ass contract talk, bear with me.): In Anthonys scenario, they signed a 5 year deal. The first 2 years were each for a million. Then… the next 3 years you would get slight increases until your final year you were making 3 million. In Opies scenario, they would sign a 2 year deal where the salary was fixed.

With the declining popularity of the show those last 5 years, it may not have made sense, but it’s smarter in the context of the shows history: In Opies scenario they could come back to the table after 2 years, look at their listenership, look at how much profit they’ve brought to the company, and renegotiate another deal for more than the original 1 million. In Anthonys scenario they would have to wait out their contract before renegotiating, no matter how big they grew, and they would use the 3 million they ended on as the jumping off point and raise your salary less, NOT jumping off the original 1 million.

It was smarter in every way imaginable. Make 6 million, fixed, for 5 years, or you could potentially make 8 million in those 5 years by redoing your contract each year and having it be proportional to your popularity.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

You're talking about the guy who would bet 5 figures on blackjack, throws barrels money at any minor inconvenience to go away (including his big brother who scares him), and went all in on his own company from the ground up and charged all the managerial duties to a retarded pig. Reminder that he rented a Manhattan studio despite it being a green screen.

That Jetski fiasco in Boston should tell you everything you need to know. There's a word for the type of rich Anthony is.

Opie is a very insular, boring person, which is unsurprisingly really good for saving money.

Remember when he was bragging about how high his electricity bill was from heating his pool? White trash wop idiot.

 

[Meownaw]

Remember when he was bragging about how high his electricity bill was from heating his pool? White trash wop idiot.

Heated tile floors too.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Heated tile floors too.

That’s not that tacky for a bathroom.

 

[Chapel]

To be fair, he could not have spent more than $50 on Sue's Frankentits

I dunno, I heard he blew a wad on them

 

[NoBacon]

@ Daniel Ross, what were the salaries like for the staff? Why won’t you answer? I’m not of the opinion it’s embarrassing if you didn’t make much because you did something you were passionate about and even if it didn’t pay off you tried, which is more than most people do.

was it really super shit, like 30k?

 

[BrotherMan1488]

To be fair, he could not have spent more than $50 on Sue's Frankentits

 

[lilconnorpeterson]

When Cumia was fired it was reported a few times that he and Opie were both making 5 million a year, who knows if that's actually true but probably the best insight we'll get into it.

It's a number that makes sense though, Anthony has funded Compound for almost a decade and that can't be making too much money, he also lived a pretty good lifestyle up until the last year or two.

The Opester has what I imagine is a pretty nice apartment in the city, the beach house and hasn't really worked in the past 7-8 years but has supported his family so I'd say he's doing well financially. Probably owns some boring stocks giving himself a 5% return on some crazy amount of money that he's accumulated.

 

[HR@PaneraBread]

What is your source for this? Because there is no way that's true.

Are you suggesting that Google lied to us?