COURIC FACES PAY CUT; DEEP LAYOFFS HIT CBSNEWS

Drudge Report ^ | Feb. 3, 2010

[MainFrame65]

Every year, the “Friends of the Library” group celebrates Banned Books Week with public readings of excerpts from some of these banned books. I chose to read from “Final Exit”, which I described as the ultimate Do-It-Yourself manual - because once you have chosen one of the projects it describes, and executed it properly, you never will need to do it yourself again!

[tiki]

I didn’t axe for that reply, lol.

[wiggen]

And refuses to do another one. Poor little Katie.

[dragnet2]

PAY CUT; DEEP LAYOFFS HIT CBSNEWS

CBS isn't taking my money....

When does this happen to the Federal Government?

[MrChips]

How about 400 teachers $38,000 a year?

[TC Rider]

My world's tiniest violin is playing "My Heart Pumps Piss for Ms. Couric".

[Sgt_Schultze]

great graphic!

[cubreporter]

That amount of money to watch a paperclip? I don’t think so but...we only watch FOX anyway.

[JeffChrz]

I’ve thought about the salaries of high-priced talent when other significantly lower-paid employees with the company were facing layoffs. Last year, I read an article about how the Phoenix Suns were laying off employees and I thought about how much money Shaq and others got paid. I thought it would have been magnanimous to see Shaq agree to a pay cut to keep those employees in their jobs. It didn’t happen.

Let’s see what happens to Katie and her salary as CBS employees are laid off. Let’s also watch star salaries as movie studios start laying off.

[bcsco]

Do you think Katie will be unhappy about a salary cut if it saves other people's jobs at CBS?

Nah, she'll be elated she can help the little people... do I really need a sarc tag?

[bcsco]

I don’t begrudge people making large sums of money salary-wise, if it’s what the market demands. However, I do believe the monstrous sums allotted to certain markets such as entertainment and sports are ridiculous. Corporate executives? Sure. They’re expected to successfully run a corporation. But should they receive the mega-bonuses some get? That may be another story.

However, those ‘stars’ of television & screen, those media notables such as Couric, those sports stars, I seriously question the need for such salaries for these folks. Not to the extent they enjoy today.

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[COUNTrecount]

Excellent 1

[count-your-change]

But “The Perky One” does support several Avon Ladies with her make-up purchases.

[COUNTrecount]

Yes, Katie is holding firm at last place.

[kempo]

I haven’t watched ABC, NBC, or CBS since FOX News started up and I don’t plan on going back so I don’t care what they pay her.