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Meanwhile, it is rumored that O’Donnell’s camp leaked to the press that Sures had reached out to incoming CNN boss Chris Licht about hiring the anchor. CBS News co-president Neeraj Khemlani has been in cost-cutting mode since he joined the company last year. Tensions rose so high that her agent, UTA co-president Jay Sures, went over Khemlani’s head to negotiate her contract with CBS CEO George Cheeks and Shari Redstone, the chairwoman of CBS parent Paramount Global, sources said.Īccording to one well-placed source, O’Donnell had been “telling everybody how close she’d gotten to Redstone” during the contract negotiations. However, sources said the thinly veiled job search damaged O’Donnell’s reputation and infuriated her team. Apparently, the more false stories the NY Post writes, the better things go for CBS News.” 1 news broadcasts and finished the season with multiple shows including morning and evenings in their most competitive position ever. “While there are huge prime time openings elsewhere in the News industry, CBS News has the No. Neeraj led the effort to retain and re-sign about a dozen of our biggest anchors and correspondents over the last year including Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King - and recruited a few new ones like Nate Burleson and Robert Costa,” the spokesperson said. And shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CBS News again set tongues wagging by initially sending Dokoupil instead of O’Donnell to Poland to cover the unfolding war.Ī spokesperson for CBS News denied Khemlani was seeking to dump O’Donnell. Insiders said Dokoupil’s candidacy was particularly galling for O’Donnell, as Khemlani in January assigned the 41-year-old morning show host to anchor a special broadcast from from Washington, DC, on the anniversary of the Jan. He also considered NBC’s Craig Melvin and, as reported by The Post, even mulled promoting Tony Dokoupil, her old co-anchor at “CBS Mornings,” to the role. Khemlani reached out to former MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, who turned him down, according to a report from CNN. CBS via Getty Images “CBS Evening News”Īnchor Norah O’Donnell took a steep pay cut amid restructuring at the network. Norah O’Donnell took a steep salary cut amid speculation that the network was searching for her replacement. Insiders said O’Donnell’s capitulation came after months of clashes with Neeraj Khemlani, the sharp-elbowed, cost-slashing co-president of CBS News who had been openly looking for a new anchor to replace her during the months before her contract was up in April.

When she accepted it, some executives appeared surprised, the source added. “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell’s pay package got slashed by more than half this spring amid a brutal round of cost cuts at the third-place network, The Post has learned.Īccording to insiders, CBS News re-signed the 48-year-old anchor in April with a yearly salary of $3.8 million - down from the previous $8 million - following reports that the network had been casting around for a replacement as O’Donnell’s ratings continue to sag.ĬBS execs gave O’Donnell a “low ball” offer during the hard-knuckle negotiations, which they “expected O’Donnell to reject,” according to a source briefed on the talks. Wade questionĬBS News correspondent and Army veteran Richard Wagner dead at 85 VP Harris mocked for ‘word salad’ answer to Roe V.

#News anchor salary tv#

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