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Roland Martin Net Worth

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4 months ago

December 12, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Roland Sebastian Martin's Net Worth as of 2024
$3 Million

Roland Sebastian Martin was born on 14 November 1968, in Houston, Texas USA, of Haitian descent. He is a journalist, columnist, commentator and author, currently working at TV One as a commentator and the host of “News One Now”.

So just how rich is Roland Martin? As sources state, Martin has earned a net worth over $3 million, as of early 2016. His wealth has been accumulated during his long career as a journalist, columnist and commentator as well as through his publications.

Roland Martin Net Worth $3 Million

Martin grew up in Houston’s African-American community and attended Jack Yates High School where he was part of the magnet program in communications. He later enrolled in Texas A&M University on an academic scholarship, earning his bachelor of science degree in journalism. While at college, Martin worked for the Bryan-College Station Eagle and for KBTX. He became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.. Martin also attended Louisiana Baptist University graduating with a master’s degree in Christian Communications in 2008.

After graduating from A&M in 1991, he started work at the Austin American-Statesman. He later worked for Forth Worth Star-Telegram as a city hall reporter and as a sports reporter for KRLD radio; his net worth was starting to rise. Martin then became the news director and morning anchor at KKDA-AM radio in Dallas, and the editor of Dallas Weekly and the Houston Defender newspaper.

During the early 2000s, Martin became the founding editor of BlackAmericaWeb.com, and the publisher of Dallas-Fort Worth Heritage newspaper. He later came back to radio as a news correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network and as a sports commentator on “Fifth Quarter Program” on Washington radio station WOL. During this time he also founded the ROMAR Media Group in Dallas, and became the founding news editor for Savoy magazine, intensifying his net worth.

In 2004 Martin worked as the general manager of the Chicago Defender and the following year he hosted a radio talk show for Chicago’s WVON-AM. In 2007 his column was taken by the nationally distributed Creators Syndicate and ran in the Detroit News, Denver Post, and Indianapolis Star. In 2007 Martin joined CNN as a contributor, appearing in the network’s numerous shows, increasing his wealth once again. The following year he became the senior analyst for the “Tom Joyner Morning Show”.

He left CNN in 2013 and began working at TV One as a commentator, and the host of its daily morning news show called “News One Now”, focusing on politics, sports, culture and entertainment and being the first program portraying these events from African-American point-of-view.

Martin has won numerous awards during his career. In 2008 he won the President’s Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for his work in multiple media platforms, was inducted into the Texas A&M University Journalism Hall of Honor and won the NAACP Image Award for Best Interview for “In Conversation: The Sen. Barack Obama Interview.” The following year he won the same Award for Best Interview for “In Conversation: The Michelle Obama Interview”. Ebony Magazine selected him as one of the 150 Most Influential African Americans in the USA on three occasions in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2013 the National Association of Black Journalists named him the Journalist of the Year. The list includes over 30 awards which prove the success and reputation Martin has enjoyed.

Martin has also been the author of three books: “Speak, Brother! A Black Man’s View of America”, “Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith”, and “The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin”.

Speaking of his private life, Martin has been married to Rev. Jacquie Hood Martin since 2001. Although the couple never had their own children, they have raised four of Martin’s nieces. The family resides in Leesburg, Virginia.

In 2012 Martin made headlines for his tweet about a Super Bowl David Beckham advertisment. His comment “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!” was negatively received by GLAAD, and Martin was reportedly suspended by CNN that year.

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Danny Bonaduce Net Worth

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Dante Daniel Bonaduce was born on 13 August 1959, in Broomall, Pennsylvania USA, of Italian (father) and English (mother) descent. Danny Bonaduce is a well-known actor, TV and radio personality, wrestler and producer, perhaps still best known for his role of Danny in the popular ’70s TV series “The Partridge Family”.

So just how rich is Danny Bonaduce? Danny’s estimated net worth is now over $2.5 million dollars, accumulated over more than 40 years in various elements of the entertainment industry.

Danny Bonaduce Net Worth $2.5 Million

Danny Bonaduce rose to fame early in his life, when cast in “The Partridge Family”, in which Bonaduce, who was 11 at the time, played a bass-playing member of the family. The show was a huge success and brought the whole cast international fame. At that time, however, his personal life was far from glamorous; his co-workers noticed that Danny would often show up covered in bruises, and he confessed that he was abused by his father, script-writer and producer Joe Bonaduce. Members of the cast did their best to secure Bonaduce from his abusive family environment, but his difficult childhood and early fame eventually took its toll. The show ended in 1974 and the young actor was left with enormous amounts of money, a great start to his net worth, but no emotional stability. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the actor struggled with drug abuse which led to several arrests. His later addiction to alcohol was documented in the reality TV series “Breaking Bonaduce”. The cameras captured one of the most difficult period of his life, as he struggled with both alcohol and drug abuse and tried to save his marriage at the same time. Bonaduce also told his life story in his autobiography “Random Acts of Badness”, which also added to his net worth.

Luckily, the former child star managed to put his life back together, and continued to have a successful career in Hollywood. After appearing in numerous TV shows, such as “The Soup”, “I Know My Kid’s a Star” and “The Adam Carolla Show”, and then he started his own radio show. Thanks to his great sense of humour and distinct voice, he was successful on radio career in the 80’s. From 1994 to 1996 he hosted his own radio show “The Danny Bonaduce Show” on The Loop WLUP AM/FM. Later he became a host of a morning show on WKQI. Since November 2011.Bonaduce has hosted a morning talk/music show on radio station KZOK-FM in Seattle. Radio has been the most consistent source of income for Danny, managing to maintain a reasonable net worth.

In addition to being an actor and a radio host, Bonaduce is also a semi-professional wrestler, which has also helped to increase his popularity and net worth. He has wrestled many other public personalities and professional athletes in numerous charity events, the majority of which ended in Bonaduce’s triumph. He was also a part of the “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling” show.

In his persoanl life, Danny Bonaduce has been married three times, firstly to Setsuko Hattori(1985-88) and then to Gretchen Hillmer(1990-2007) with whom he has two children. Their complicated marriage was well documented on “Breaking Bonaduce”. He started dating his third wife Amy Railsback in 2007, and the couple married in November 2010. Bonaduce has admitted more than once that marriage has helped him to quit booze, and completely changed his life.

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Robert Kirkman Net Worth

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Robert Kirkman was born on 30 November 1978, in Richmond, Kentucky USA. He is perhaps most widely recognized as the creator of “The Walking Dead”, both the comic series and some of the episodes of the famous horror TV series adaptation.

So how rich exactly is Robert Kirkman? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $20 million, most of his wealth being accumulated through his work as a comic book author, plus being one of the writers of the episodes of TV series “The Walking Dead” has also significantly raised his net worth.

Robert Kirkman Net Worth $20 Million

Robert Kirkman wrote his first successful comic book entitled “Battle Pope” in 2000 with the help of artist Tony Moore. It was a parody of the superhero genre mixed with Biblical symbolism and dark humor. Despite its controversial themes, the comic book ran successfully and in 2005 was reprinted by “Image Comics” in color and in 2008 “Battle Pope” became an animated series on “Spike” TV channel.

The second successful Kirkman’s project was a story about a superhero entitled “Invincible” which he created in 2003 with artist Cory Walker. In the same year he released another comic which raised Kirkman’s success and net worth to a whole new level. There were some problems when Kirkman tried to publish the first issues of “The Walking Dead” as zombies weren’t seen as something that audiences might enjoy. However, Robert managed to sell the first issue and the comic gained instant popularity. In 2010, “The Walking Dead” won the Eisner Award in the category of “Best Continuing series”. In the same year, the first episode of “The Walking Dead” apocalyptic horror TV series adaptation was released on AMC. Not surprisingly, Kirkman was chosen to work as one of the writers for the episodes of this show. In addition, as show gained increasing popularity, Kirkman has published three non-graphic novels of “The Walking Dead”, which were entitled “The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor” (in 2011), “The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury” (in 2012) and “The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor” (in 2013). Currently, Kirkman is one of the co-authors to the spin-off horror TV show “Fear The Walking Dead” which should be released in the summer of 2015.

In 2004, Kirkman started working for one of the biggest comic book publishing companies Marvel Comics, which also boosted Kirkman’s already impressive net worth. Kirkman is known for working on such popular comic book titles as “Avengers Disassembled”, “Jubilee”, “Fantastic Four”, “Ultimate X-Men”, “Marvel Team-Up” and “Irredeemable Ant-Man”. However, in 2008, Kirkman ended his associations with Marvel Comics and became one of the partners of Image Comics. Currently, Kirkman is working on a science fiction feature film entitled “AIR”, which is scheduled to be released in 2015 and will be the first film produced by Robert Kirkman.

In his personal life, Robert Kirkman is married and has two children, one of whom is named Peter Parker, after the famous superhero Spider-Man.