17th Feb2011

Men Lie, Women Lie: How the Kardashians Made 65 Mil. Last Year

by DG

That’s a lot of cake especially for not having any talent. Hit the jump below to find out how they did it.

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Let me tell you one thing, Kris Jenner is a PIMP! I need to get on her level.

According to a cover story in this month’s Hollywood Reporter, Kris Jenner turned her modern day Brady Bunch into an empire worth $65 million last year. Although the Kardashian clan is most known from their 30 minute reality show, the six figure income per show that is split between the family is only a small part of their overall revenue.

I gagged at the breakdown…

For example, Kris commands anywhere from $100,000-$250,000 for an appearance by Kim Kardashian at an event or party in the States and up to a million dollars internationally. On top of that, she is rumored to have a seven figure deal with a Las Vegas club for a set number of appearances throughout the year. (think back to all of the bashes in Vegas with her celebrity friends…yea, she gets paid for that. Whether she breaks her celebs friends off with some loot for partying with her is debatable).

Want Kim to tweet about your product? Be expected to pay a minimum of $25,000 per tweet just for a shout out.

If you noticed, the Kardashians are always in the weeklys (OK!, US & People) and of course they get paid for that too. Exclusive stories about anything from Kourtney’s weight loss after the baby to a blurb about who Kim Kardashian is hooking up with next can bring them a pay day of 10 grand or more. “Certain paparazzi agencies have agreements with the family to stage photos, sell them and split the profits”. Most recently, Kourtney and her boyfriend Disick turned an afternoon laying poolside together into a $7,500 payday

Super Mom-manager Kris Jenner also negotiates six figure deals for the girls to cover Magazines. For example, news of Kourtney’s pregnancy in 2009 was sold in a package deal for $300,000 to Life & Style magazine. “That included multiple stories: the pregnancy announcement, sex of the baby, birth announcement, first baby photos and body-after-baby reveal.” OK! Magazine paid $300,000 for the official photos and announcement of Khloe Kardashian’s wedding to Lamar Odom. Not only did they get paid for the photos, but everything from the invitations to Khloe Kardashian’s 9 carat engagement ring were “donated” by vendors in exchange for the product promotion that would come from the media circus surrounding the wedding.

Besides negotiating six figure deals with the Weekly, club appearances and staging paparazzi shots, she’s negotiated seven figure endorsement deals for Kim that includes Sketchers, Sears, a collection with Bebe, jewelry lines and Quick Trim diet pills. Kim, Khloe and Lamar all have their own fragrances, and there are multiple spin off shows to accompany their hit show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”.

Kris admitted to the Hollywood Reporter that she does worry about over-exposure and that she doesn’t want to get to a place where people are thinking “Enough is Enough”.

“My fantasy is to have Keeping Up With Kardashians, Season 26,” Kris says. “Who knew it would be this profitable? I should have had more kids.”

Article by  Necole Bitchie

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