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Ryan Murphy to Make $40 Million Off of Glee

Ryan Murphy has inked a $24 million deal with Fox to continue his Glee show-running duties across the next four years. Additionally, Murphy will earn a percentage of the profits from the Glee tour, albums, merchandise and possibly a Glee Broadway musical; Deadline estimates that in total, Murphy will be making $10 million a year. The only other non-singer profiting this much off of Glee might be Cory Monteith. [Deadline]