From a long super-interesting profile of Ryan Seacrest from Forbes Magazine. Ryan, the 45 million dollar man, plans to leave radio when his contract is up at the end of the year.
When his three-year Clear Channel contract ends at the end of the year, Seacrest doesn’t think he’ll sign another one. In recent weeks rumors have ricocheted that he is being courted by CBS ( CBS – news – people ) Chief Executive Leslie Moonves to fill a talk-show hour that will be left vacant by Oprah Winfrey in 2011. Seacrest will say only that he’s considering “several different things.” The future of Idol is similarly in flux with the loss of its signature judge–Simon Cowell, who is launching another talent competition show on Fox in the fall of 2011–and 9% of its audience.
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