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Re:Who Pays Writers? by logicallee on Friday May 13, 2016 @12:51PM (#11691489)
I find it very hard to believe that was a a base salary. (Of course, I could be wrong.)

Of course it's possible to make a lot more than that! Just not as a salary. It would be interesting to know the details of their package. Also, how come you happened to know?

Re:Who Pays Writers? by Alex3917 on Friday May 13, 2016 @01:14PM (#11691677)
I know because it was publicly traded. (They raised a bunch of money and then bought a shell company.)

That wasn't the exact base salary, but that was basically total compensation not including stock. (So including a few hundred thousand dollars per year in an expense account and an additional couple hundred thousand for serving on the board.)

Re:Who Pays Writers? by coldtea on Friday May 13, 2016 @01:47PM (#11691938)