--- title: Steve Bannon Earns Money From 'Seinfeld' Reruns description: Every time you watch a rerun of Seinfeld on TV, Donald Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon earns money canonical: https://time.com/4573689/stephen-bannon-seinfeld/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T22:36:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:51:43.114Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon Earns Money From 'Seinfeld' Reruns og:description: And Jason Alexander is not happy og:url: https://time.com/4573689/stephen-bannon-seinfeld/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte874aa1fd3ff9d3f/6988aecc0b72e391bb6ebca4/steve-bannon-seinfeld.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: steve-bannon-seinfeld og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon Earns Money From 'Seinfeld' Reruns twitter:description: And Jason Alexander is not happy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte874aa1fd3ff9d3f/6988aecc0b72e391bb6ebca4/steve-bannon-seinfeld.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon Earns Money From _Seinfeld_ Reruns > Sponsored content. 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Nov 16, 2016 10:36 PM UTC Every time you watch a rerun of _Seinfeld_ on TV, Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart News who was named [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4573437/donald-trump-presidential-transition/)‘s chief White House strategist, earns money. Bannon—who has given voice to racist, sexist, anti-Semitic and nationalist views through Breitbart—[owns a stake](http://time.com/4455686/who-is-stephen-bannon-trump/) in _Seinfeld_ after negotiating the sale of Castle Rock Entertainment to Ted Turner under his firm Bannon & Co., long before he became executive chairman of Breitbart News or joined Trump’s campaign. Bannon’s controversial appointment as Trump’s chief strategist and senior adviser in the White House [sparked fury](http://time.com/4569588/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-white-house/) from anti-discrimination groups and members of Congress. And on Wednesday, former _Seinfeld_ star Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza on the comedy, said he did not find the fact that Bannon earns royalties from the show very funny. > [](https://twitter.com/IJasonAlexander/status/798953661577588736) A representative for Alexander said he was not speaking any further on the topic of Bannon, while a representative for Jerry Seinfeld declined to comment. 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