Golden Globes Ends $75,000 Annual Salaries for Former HFPA Members

variety.com:

J. Kim Murphy The Golden Globes organization is ending its policy of paying a $75,000 annual salary to former Hollywood Foreign Press Association members, who vote on the organization’s annual film and TV honors.

The move comes as the former HFPA members were one year into a five-year deal, reached in June 2023 between the group and its new owners Penske Media Eldridge.

Within the agreement, a $75,000 base annual salary was designated for voters that had been grandfathered into the newly shaped organization after being members of the HFPA, previously the title for the Globes’ voting body before this new acquisition.

Globes president Helen Hoehne informed organization members of the change during a video conference call held Friday. The pivot to stop paying those voters matches the pro bono protocol traditional to other major awards events, like the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys, which do not provide compensation for their membership.