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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
   "Daniel Forrest"  wrote in message   
   news:6a4pudnzkf.fsf@yoda.lmcg.wisc.edu...   
   > "Alison Hopkins"  writes:   
   >   
   >> $28K. And expenses such as secretary and so forth came out of the show   
   >> costs, not his pocket. Joanne was paid by Babylonian/Warner.   
   >   
   > Source please?  Of course, my source is just the archived postings of   
   > JMS on the lurker's guide, so no doubt you'll say he's lying, but...   
      
   Another WAG member. Who happens to have written for several SF TV shows.   
   Syndicated.   
      
      
   >   
   > As for expenses, B-5 had a secretary, fine.  My point was that JMS   
   > himself probably has expenses that are being ignored here.  Since no   
   > one here has access to his financial records, the person who says he   
   > has money to throw away has the burden of proof.   
   >   
      
   Well, he wrote 100 plus episodes. On your figures, that makes one and a half   
   million dollars. On mine, 2.8 million. Babylonian paid production expenses,   
   including publicity and  other things - and that was from people on staff.   
   He also made money from his own merchandising and from conventions, of   
   course.   
      
   And I've not said he had money to throw away. What I will say is that the   
   financial deal at the end of Season 4 was built so as to pay the actors the   
   SAG minimum and to optimise the cash that went to the production company.   
      
   Ali   
      
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