The Golden Globes will now not pay a $75,000 wage to its legacy voting members, Deadline confirmed Friday. The choice impacts about 50 members, we hear, and there’s a severance fee concerned to satisfy “contractual obligations to the voters,” a Globes spokesperson mentioned.
In line with sources, the information was relayed throughout a brief Zoom assembly at the moment throughout which they have been learn a pre-written assertion with no alternative to ask questions.
A spokesperson for the Golden Globes mentioned the transfer to chop the salaries is “an acknowledgement that persevering with to pay members might add to a notion of bias in voting.” It’s unclear if how lots of the previously salaried voting members will keep on.
That is the most recent shift within the evolution of the Globes, which grew to become a for-profit endeavor when it was acquired by a three way partnership between Deadline proprietor Penske Media Company’s Dick Clark Productions and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge in 2023.
That deal got here after the Globes, beforehand owned by the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, got here underneath scrutiny for its practices and voting make-up. The HFPA was dissolved within the possession change, and the voting members that remained have been paid $75,000 a yr as a part of the restructure.
The Globes ultimately grew its voter rolls to 300, with the newly introduced in members unpaid.
The 2025 Golden Globes passed off January 5 this yr, with the ceremony stay on CBS and Paramount+ as a part of a brand new five-year deal. The present drew 9.3 million Dwell+Identical Day viewers, a 2% dip from the 2024.
THR first reported the wage minimize information at the moment.
