The Golden Globes organization ends its policy to pay an annual salary of $ 75,000 to former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote on the organization’s annual film and TV.
The move is because the former HFPA members were one year after a five-year-old deal, reached in June 2023 between the group and its new owners Penske Media Eldridge. Within the agreement, an annual salary of $ 75,000 was designated for voters who were grandfather in the newly formed organization after he was a member of the HFPA, formerly the title for the voting of the Globes before this new acquisition.
Globes President Helen Hoehne Informed Organizational members of the change during a video conference interview that were held on Friday. The Pivot to stop paying those voters corresponds to the Pro Bono protocol traditionally with other large awards events, such as the Oscars, Emmys and Grammy, which do not offer compensation for their membership.
Since the globes entered the crisis mode in 2021, in the midst of serious criticism of the lack of diversity among its insular membership, the organization has undergone a revision. What was once the non-profit HFPA is now the for-profit Golden Globes LLC. (The company is owned by Variety Meerbedrijf Penske Media Corporation.) As part of the transformation and rehabilitation of the prices, the new regime expanded the pool of voters for the globes of less than 100 to about 300 – of whom most are not paid for their services. But as part of the transition from HFPA to Golden Globes, some HFPA members were brought in and brought in under the five-year contract in 2023.
The meeting of Hoehne was held with around 50 former HFPA members who voted in the most recent Globes Ceremony on January 5. Voters are also invited to be applied to accreditation every year.
A spokesperson for the Golden Globes describes the change in policy as “a recognition that members continue to pay, could add to a perception of bias when voting.” The spokesperson also stated that the globes “fully met the contractual obligations to the voters by offering the severance payment.”
News about the policy change of the globes was first reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
Variety parent company PMC owns Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Prods. In a joint venture with Eldridge.