His contract...with 4 years left on it - $50 million.
Where did they (CurrentTV) get the money; AlGore’s VP embezzelment stash.
The staff at Current TV should of known the powder keg they were hiring. Olbermann has, well....hmmmmmm.....how can I say this....”personal issues”.
He is, as they say in the business, “high maintenance”. Another way to put it, “Jewish American Princess”. The name Veruca Salt comes to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTkCHE1sS4
While at ESPN and MSNBC (according to the trade blogs and rumors) Olbermann was a pain in the ass with his water cooler antics, petty tit-for-tat personality, abuse of sick time & vacation time and so on and so forth. At MSNBC, he was living off of his past glories, anti-Bush hit pieces, Palin rants but once the shtick got old he couldn’t/wouldn’t do the daily grind. The words TALENT and HARD WORK were not in his vocabulary.
Olbermann believes he is the center of the universe and thusly sets his own time-table, rules and agendas. MSNBC (and no doubt Current TV) got tired of it.
If I was a major media CEO, I wouldn’t touch this guy with a ten foot pole.