Keith Olbermann No Longer Speaking To Maddow; Source Claims Making $10 Million At Current

Mediaite ^ | June 7, 2011 | Mark Joyella

[2ndDivisionVet]

If this is true, it's proof that former Vice President Al Gore is one of the biggest fools in the history of the world.

[shadeaud]

Does this ‘’Current’’ station receive any Federal tax payer money

[wastedyears]

So since being the head of the RNC, he’s now a political analyst with them?

Why would they even vote for such a slime ball?

[freedumb2003]

Wow — that is a million dollars per viewer.

[tflabo]

Must be a hot market out there for loud-mouthed, arrogant Dorks. Even LIEberal schmucks can make a sensational living from the evil capitalists while trashing the system itself.
Meanwhile the best and brightest among us often go unheralded and unrewarded in this life. C’EST LA VIE!

[keat]

Oh, I’m pretty sure Keith pulled that number out of his a**.

[Bitsy]

Wow — that is a million dollars per viewer.

And, nine million, nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand more than he is worth.

[ken5050]

Remember all the hype when Dan Rather signed to do an internet newscast? He's disappeared....and Keith will soon do the same. No one will care. If they were stupid enough to pay him all that $$...it's their loss.

They whole idea of communications media evolving may be true, in the long run, but iut's still a long way off. Ultimately you still have to have eyeballs and/or ears watching/listening..to make an impact, AND attract advertisers.

Stern used to be ALL over the MSM every day..he took his show to Sirius, and nobody talks about him anymore. Same for Imus....he always generated a buzz..was a must watch/listen..now, on FOX Business..with minimal viewers..he's a sideshow..an afterthought..

[WKUHilltopper]

“...will pay him ten million dollars a year (with the possibility of banking $100 million over the course of his five year contract)”

And these clowns all gleefully whine and cry about “CEO pay”. I guess because they’re more deserving and are more special. Some nerve...and hypocrisy.

[manic4organic]

An unwatchable host on an unwatched network. That should go well.

[keat]

Current pulls 25,000 viewers on a good day, not even enough to show up on Neilson. Their total income from advertising last year was only $40 million. Most of that was pity money and PSA’s.

Olbermann’s numbers are total hogwash. He was lured to CurrentTV by shame, hubris and an equity stake. Equity in nothing.

Current is the Air America of cable. (Air Who?)

Gore and some other communist bigwigs will pull together $20 million or so for an ad campaign (which will air on CNN and MSNBC), toss a little to Olbermann, and then fail.

Every dollar they give him is a dollar that doesn’t go to promotion so they are guaranteed to fail.

Best of all, that’s $20+ million that won’t go to Obama.

[DManA]

If this is true, He's lying.

[blasater1960]

ahhh yeah...show me your pay stub Olberdork.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Oh, I suspect a big portion of that alleged $10 million is in the form of stock options or warrants which only have real worth if the business succeeds.

Which it won't.

[Liberty Valance]

I see that Keith had to go to the Hollywood Reporter to get any ink on himself.

[God luvs America]

actually its not in $$$- its in wampum- which may soon be worth more than dollars...

[God luvs America]

Olbermann says since his exit, he has not spoken to MSNBC star Rachel Maddow

angry lesbians tend to hold grudges and not to talk too each other- hence the case with olberman/maddow...

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Sanctimoniously attack conservatives and the rich for being greedy while bragging in an interview about how you make $10 million +. Hold childish grudges against former colleagues. Yep, he’s still a Leftist.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Oh, I’m pretty sure Keith pulled that number out of his a**.

You mean his head wasn't in the way???

[Mr. K]

there is no way his new station has that kind of money