February 18, 2022
Candace Bushnell: That’s how much the “Sex and the City” creator earned from her columns
She is considered a role model for Carrie Bradshaw from the hit series “Sex an the City”: journalist Candace Bushnell wrote a column of the same name in the US newspaper “The New York Observer” in the early 90s. It was so successful that it first became a book and then the TV series. Many viewers at the time wondered how Carrie Bradshaw, portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker, can afford her extravagant lifestyle? With a newspaper column she financed luxury clothes and a privileged existence in New York. Bushnell now provided the answer: She actually made a lot of money as an author. “I worked for Vogue, wrote the column ‘People Are Talking About’ and was paid $5,000 a month,” the 63-year-old told the magazine. He continued: “The Observer paid less, but I could afford it because of Vogue. That was a time when writers got a contract with Vanity Fair for six articles and $250,000 a year. The People valued writing, it wasn’t seen as something anyone could do. Now, thanks to computers, everyone thinks they can.”
Candace Bushnell: That’s how much the “Sex and the City” creator earned from her columns
She is considered a role model for Carrie Bradshaw from the hit series “Sex an the City”: journalist Candace Bushnell wrote a column of the same name in the US newspaper “The New York Observer” in the early 90s. It was so successful that it first became a book and then the TV series. Many viewers at the time wondered how Carrie Bradshaw, portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker, can afford her extravagant lifestyle? With a newspaper column she financed luxury clothes and a privileged existence in New York. Bushnell now provided the answer: She actually made a lot of money as an author. “I worked for Vogue, wrote the column ‘People Are Talking About’ and was paid $5,000 a month,” the 63-year-old told the magazine. He continued: “The Observer paid less, but I could afford it because of Vogue. That was a time when writers got a contract with Vanity Fair for six articles and $250,000 a year. The People valued writing, it wasn’t seen as something anyone could do. Now, thanks to computers, everyone thinks they can.”
Source: Stern
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