America's top-earning talking heads. From Ellen DeGeneres to Rush Limbaugh, the 13 stars on our annual list are collectively paid $958 million a year to gab By Lacey Rose Forbes.com
Whoever says talk is cheap hasn't shared airtime with Oprah Winfrey. Or Glenn Beck, Ellen DeGeneres and Conan O'Brien.
These four, like the other best-paid personalities on our annual list, are paid handsomely to chat. Whether they chose television (David Letterman, No. 9), radio (Rush Limbaugh, No. 5) or both (Ryan Seacrest, No. 7) as their platform, they've made a connection with their audience and have been rewarded accordingly. The 13 bold-faced names on our list of best-paid talking heads collectively banked $958 million between June 2009 and June 2010.
Topping the list is Oprah Winfrey, who earned a cool $315 million during that 12-month period.
