Under a proposed bankruptcy plan Infowars founder Alex Jones would get a $520,000 annual salary. On Tuesday, Free Speech Systems, Jones’ media company, proposed the plan in its bankruptcy case. That plan would pay Jones $520,000 a year. It would also earmark $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, who include relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, who won nearly $1.5 billion in lawsuits last year against Jones for calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown a hoax perpetrated by crisis actors. But just how much money the Sandy Hook families will actually get from Jones and his company remains a question. That’s because Jones is appealing the verdicts and has claimed that he has $2 million or less to his name.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.