The salary of Today Inside trio Johan Derksen, René van der Gijp and Wilfred Genee has leaked through the corridors of Talpa. “They are now at the level of Eva Jinek.”
Show news expert Guido den Aantractor has understood in the corridors that the Today Inside men have been definitively captured again by Talpa. “The bullet is of course just through the church. I think the contracts have just been signed. The ink may still be a little wet,” he says in the show section on SBS 6.
Jinek level
As a broadcaster of VI, Guido is close to the fire. He now knows what the men will earn. “Believe me, it’s a lot of money. The amounts mentioned in the corridors are between 1.2 and 1.4 million euros per year and that is approximately Eva Jinek level, but with high viewing figures.”
That is per person, Guido emphasizes. “And that means that, in my opinion, they have improved by just under five tons, because if I am well-informed, René and Johan were always around 7.5 tons and Wilfred against the million. He also acts a bit more naturally than the other two gentlemen.”
Surprise
It’s a lot of money. “Yes, these are amounts that will probably be received with great surprise in the living room, because they are quite amounts. On the other hand, we simply look: what do they bring in commercially for a TV channel? That’s a lot of money. It is the best-watched program on SBS, so that may cost a bit.”
Guido is happy with it. “I personally think it’s really great that they’re out. I really think it’s worth it. I am especially looking forward to Friday evenings.”
2.5 million euros
If they do indeed earn about 1.2 to 1.4 million euros per person, then that is much less than what they are worth according to former SBS boss Tina Nijkamp.
She previously said: “Given their success and also in comparison with other high SBS salaries such as those of Wendy van Dijk and Gordon, for example, I think that at least 2.5 million euros per year per person, with a 3 to 5-year-old contract, possibly and in any case, would be deserved.”