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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