Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society: Who is Earning What?

Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society: Who is Earning What?

LONDON, October 1/PRNewswire/ --

ALCS Facts & Figures (based on September 2007 distribution of over GBP3 million)

          Highest Payment to a Writer     GBP47,000      Lowest Individual Payment to a Writer     GBP10.00      Average Payment     GBP313.58      Highest Earning Literary Estates     1. Agatha Christie     2. Leslie Charteris     3. George Orwell     4. Ian Fleming      Highest Grossing Books     1. Essays in Jurisprudence and Philosophy     2. The Theatre: A Concise History     3. National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke     4. English Grammar In Use: A Self-Study Reference      Highest Grossing Novel     1. Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)      Highest Earning TV and Radio Series      1. Eastenders     2. Teletubbies     3. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps     4. Neighbours     5. Tweenies     6. Doctors     7. Balamory     8. Holby City     9. The Hoobs     10. Hollyoaks      60. The Archers (highest earning radio series)      Payments by Age and Gender     - 72% distributed to men     - 28% distributed to women     - 44% of the payees are between 40 - 60 years of age     - Less than 2% is aged under 30 years.     - The youngest payee is 25 years old  

There are only 24 writer members aged between 20 - 30 years. This is also the only age group where women outnumber, and out earn men.

Payees in their 70s are five times more likely to be men than women; amongst payees in their 60s the ratio drops to 3:1. Those receiving payments aged between 30 - 50 years are twice as likely to be men.

          Men/women ratio    Age range     0.6:1              20 - 30     2.4:1              30 - 40     2.0:1              40 - 50     2.3:1              50 - 60     3.1:1              60 - 70     5.0:1              70 - 80  

By Region

          Region        % of payees        % of GBP       average                                   distributed       payment     Greater London     33.84            40.93       373.39     South West         13.73            11.73       263.70     East of England     9.77            11.36       359.03     South East         12.26             9.82       247.26     North West          6.94             8.95       398.35     Yorkshire           4.86             4.14       262.89     Scotland            5.80             3.30       175.78     Wales               3.22             3.22       308.29     East Midlands       3.79             2.53       205.71     West Midlands       3.04             2.35       237.93     North East          2.07             1.22       182.69     Northern Ireland    0.46             0.31       209.01  

- 34% of UK payees live in Greater London

- 6% of payees live in Scotland

- The North West has the highest average payout, followed by London

- The highest average payment in the North West is more than twice that of the lowest average payment in Scotland.

          Top 10 Earning UK Postcodes          1 - SW    South West London     2 - WC    Central London     3 - NW    North West London     4 - W1    West London     5 - N1    North London     6 - OX    Oxford     7 - BN    Brighton     8 - CB    Cambridge     9 - SE    South East London     10 - BA   Bath  

Media Contacts

ALCS: Alison Baxter: +44(0)20-7264-5700

Please note that ALCS has moved to The Writers House, 13 Haydon Street, London EC3N 1DB. The lead contact at ALCS is Barbara Hayes, Deputy CEO.

Source: Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society

Media Contacts: Becca Wyatt: +44(0)1403-780-383; ALCS: Alison Baxter: +44(0)20-7264-5700

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