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Fox News Blasts Kiran Chetry Agent's 'Arrogant Disregard'; Chetry Quickly Jumps To CNN
MediaBistro ^ | 2-16-07

Posted on 02/16/2007 7:07:55 PM PST by STARWISE

As TVNewser first reported yesterday, Fox News sent a letter to John Ferriter, agent of weekend anchor Kiran Chetry, blasting the pair's contract demands and severing relations with his client. Fox and Chetry were in the middle of contract renegotiations.

Fox News legal VP Dianne Brandi writes:

You have treated Fox News with such arrogant disregard that we do not desire to do any further business with you. You refused to enter into good faith negotiations despite your client's statements that she wanted to remain at Fox News and was happy with the renumeration we had offered. You and your client's unprofessional demand that we include a clause in her new agreement which would have been detrimental to other Fox News talent is simply not the way we conduct business.

What was the demand? A TVNewser source speculates it could've had something to do with Chris Knowles, Chetry's husband and Fox News weatherman. (Nah, it won't be too awkward for Knowles in the office or anything. Not at all.)

The letter also stated that Chetry was "free to leave" before her contract expires on March 6.

Well, guess who showed up on CNN this morning filling in for Soledad O'Brien. Kiran Chetry.

No official hiring announcement has been made from CNN.

UPDATE: It's official.

Fox News' letter to Chetry's agent:

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/chetryfeb15.pdf


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chetry; cnn; fnc; foxnewschannel; kiran; kiranchetry
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101 posted on 02/16/2007 8:03:31 PM PST by nutmeg (National Security trumps everything else.)
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To: Al Simmons
Lynne Russell has her own website:
102 posted on 02/16/2007 8:03:40 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: Jewels1091

Donna Fiducia. She was always good with the right questions and proper demeanor when news broke in the wee hours.

Another thing that impressed me was that she ALWAYS wore her American Flag pin.


103 posted on 02/16/2007 8:04:02 PM PST by windchime (I consider the left one of the fronts on the WOT.)
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To: Kuksool
Is her husband, Chris Knowles still doing the weather for Fox?

As of this afternoon he was still at FNC.

104 posted on 02/16/2007 8:04:07 PM PST by Tarheel (If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere... Rudy--2008)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

www.LynneRussell.com


105 posted on 02/16/2007 8:04:27 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: patriciamary

Oh, I agree. And she is an awful interviewer.


106 posted on 02/16/2007 8:07:09 PM PST by msnimje (The ONLY Republican Candidate with ONE wife is Romney, the Mormon. Go figure.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Actually Julie is quite solid.

She needs to ease up on the caffeine.
107 posted on 02/16/2007 8:10:11 PM PST by msnimje (The ONLY Republican Candidate with ONE wife is Romney, the Mormon. Go figure.)
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To: Enosh
(Mélissa Theuriau)

Not bad, a little young though.

If I'm gonna have carnal thoughts while watching the news, she could at least appear old enough to vote.
108 posted on 02/16/2007 8:11:45 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: mom4kittys

I wish the agent would have won. Gretchen is pathetic. Annoying. Nasty. You name it. When I want E.D. back with all of her lib leanings, you know it is bad.


109 posted on 02/16/2007 8:12:25 PM PST by Blogger
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To: STARWISE

Funny. My Fox News news was relegated to Chat.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786230/posts


110 posted on 02/16/2007 8:12:30 PM PST by aculeus
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To: Blogger

isn't it funny, i don't feel ED is a lib....


111 posted on 02/16/2007 8:15:14 PM PST by Jewels1091
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To: STARWISE

Replacement Courtney Friel

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

112 posted on 02/16/2007 8:16:47 PM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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To: msnimje

lol


113 posted on 02/16/2007 8:17:43 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: All

I agree. I liked Kiran better than Gretchen. I don't like the way Gretchen always picks on Brian.

I used to watch the Fox and Friends first hour to avoid seeing Gretchen and then they started putting her in that hour too. Oy vey!


114 posted on 02/16/2007 8:19:38 PM PST by ClarenceThomasfan (In 2008 Republicans will unite around Guiliani, McCain or Romney and whoop Hillary in a Landslide!!)
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To: Gator113

Is your daughter single??? ;)


115 posted on 02/16/2007 8:19:41 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: oceanview

Giving the border jumping weather forecast.

116 posted on 02/16/2007 8:19:59 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Amazing. What a versatile woman. Didn't care much for her "Rose Garden Friend", but Lynne still rocks. Probably the sexiest 'over-50' babe anywhere.


117 posted on 02/16/2007 8:21:28 PM PST by Al Simmons (Holocaust-deniers and other anti-semites are the lowest forms of humanity.)
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To: STARWISE

I enjoyed Kiran, but she made her move to CNN and I don't watch CNN.


Oh well, my favorite is Megyn Kelly / Kendall. I think she's destined to be one of the best at Fox News.


118 posted on 02/16/2007 8:22:16 PM PST by WildWeasel
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To: TommyDale
"Replacement Courtney Friel"

ummm....."rhymes with 'war'"....

119 posted on 02/16/2007 8:22:57 PM PST by Al Simmons (Holocaust-deniers and other anti-semites are the lowest forms of humanity.)
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To: STARWISE

OH Kiran! I love you! I'll Miss you! You went to CNN! I'll never see you again!:-(

Who's gonna replace her? Rebecca Gomez? Page Hopkins? Patty An Brown? Lori Dhue? Loren Greene?

I think I will love again after all!

Kiran? Who is Kiran!


120 posted on 02/16/2007 8:24:58 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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