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I saw this on Headline News last night:
Britney Spears worth up to $120 million to U.S. economy, says mag
03:23 PM CST on Monday, January 28, 2008
FoxNews.com, new services, staff reports
Portfolio magazine reports that through her mere existence, operatically troubled and exhaustively chronicled as it is, Britney Spears contributes $110 million to $120 million to the U.S. economy – and much more than that when she's on tour.
Thousands of Americans make part of their living off Brit. The paparazzi clear $4 million a year off her pictures, while record companies, promoters and licensers make $30 million to $40 million a year from Britney-oriented products.
Ex-husband Kevin Federline earns a cool million off her name. Nightclubs pay him just to show up.
The biggest slice goes to newspapers, glossy mags and other media, which rake in $75 million. Tabloids sell up to 33 percent more copies when she's on the cover.
In other Brit bits:
•Barbara Walters received a call from Ms. Spears' pal-manager-leech, Sam Lufti, and told her co-hosts on Monday's The View that he said the pop star is seeking help for what Ms. Walters termed "mental issues which are treatable."
•In a perhaps not unrelated matter, she was spotted Sunday night with Mr. Lufti at the Hustler Hollywood sex shop, where the two reportedly picked up some saucy toys.
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Britney Spears worth up to $120 million to U.S. economy, says mag
03:23 PM CST on Monday, January 28, 2008
FoxNews.com, new services, staff reports
Portfolio magazine reports that through her mere existence, operatically troubled and exhaustively chronicled as it is, Britney Spears contributes $110 million to $120 million to the U.S. economy – and much more than that when she's on tour.
Thousands of Americans make part of their living off Brit. The paparazzi clear $4 million a year off her pictures, while record companies, promoters and licensers make $30 million to $40 million a year from Britney-oriented products.
Ex-husband Kevin Federline earns a cool million off her name. Nightclubs pay him just to show up.
The biggest slice goes to newspapers, glossy mags and other media, which rake in $75 million. Tabloids sell up to 33 percent more copies when she's on the cover.
In other Brit bits:
•Barbara Walters received a call from Ms. Spears' pal-manager-leech, Sam Lufti, and told her co-hosts on Monday's The View that he said the pop star is seeking help for what Ms. Walters termed "mental issues which are treatable."
•In a perhaps not unrelated matter, she was spotted Sunday night with Mr. Lufti at the Hustler Hollywood sex shop, where the two reportedly picked up some saucy toys.
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