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HAB911

(8,868 posts)
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:38 AM Dec 2017

OMG, You'll want to puke: Megyn Kelly Is Now the Highest-Paid NBC News Anchor

Megyn Kelly is now not only one of the highest-paid female TV anchors, she also reportedly makes more than any on-air talent at NBC following the termination of her colleague, longtime Today Show co-host Matt Lauer.

The network announced Wednesday morning that Lauer had been terminated from NBC News after more than two decades as co-host of the Today Show following accusations of sexual misconduct. NBC News chairman Andy Lack said that a complaint had been filed against Lauer on Monday night. “While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident,” Lack said in a statement.

http://fortune.com/2017/11/29/megyn-kelly-nbc-salary-matt-lauer/

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OMG, You'll want to puke: Megyn Kelly Is Now the Highest-Paid NBC News Anchor (Original Post) HAB911 Dec 2017 OP
Dunno, I'm happy big $$$ sleazy sexual harassment boy/Hillary Hater is gone emulatorloo Dec 2017 #1
Andy Lack couldn't pay me to watch her..... Little Star Dec 2017 #2
And for that reason I don't think she'll last forever. She can't deliver good ratings afaik emulatorloo Dec 2017 #3
Well, That Was Stupid of NBC! MineralMan Dec 2017 #4
Lester should be pissed. lpbk2713 Dec 2017 #5
Yes he does! Little Star Dec 2017 #7
She has a very good agent...n/t monmouth4 Dec 2017 #6
Not suprising MaupitiBlue Dec 2017 #8

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
2. Andy Lack couldn't pay me to watch her.....
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:44 AM
Dec 2017

That FOX stink is way too much for me. Thanks, but no thanks!

emulatorloo

(44,072 posts)
3. And for that reason I don't think she'll last forever. She can't deliver good ratings afaik
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:46 AM
Dec 2017

That being said at least she hasn't locked anybody in her office and forced them to have sex with her.

I'll take her over Matt Lauer. (Won't watch her though)

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)
4. Well, That Was Stupid of NBC!
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:47 AM
Dec 2017

Apparently they thought Fox News viewers would follow her. That was mistake #1. They don't care what face tells them what to think and what to do. Not one bit. They watch Fox News because it reinforces their anger and bile.

Megyn Kelly doesn't appeal to typical NBC News viewers, either. They know who she is, and they don't care to listen to her.

NBC made a poor decision. Bad cess to the network.

 

MaupitiBlue

(18 posts)
8. Not suprising
Mon Dec 18, 2017, 12:45 PM
Dec 2017

It's sort of like the market for NFL quarterbacks - the market price keeps going up., therefore, whoever the last big-name QB to ink a deal is the highest-paid quarterback in the league.

Don't worry, the next "big name" signed by NBC will be the new highest-paid anchor.

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