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
I did not see the Brian/Kiran dust up. Can you relate the details? To be honest I am not a fan of Gretchen either. I used to be a daily watcher of Fox and Friends but since the election I rarely watch Fox. Guess I am still in my mourning period but the liberal guests make me ill and I am tired of the bickering.
She's lovely, and she reports the news calmly, clearly and in a pleasant, professional voice and presentation of herself. From what I saw of her before she came to Fox, she seemed like a good reporter, too. I like her a lot.
No kidding. She's been on Foxnews for about 5 years. Must be nice to get a job on TV for one of the largest news companies approx. 5 years out of college.
No, I didn't. Do tell the story.
And let me get this straight--
Kiran Chetry
wanted Gretchen Carlson
fired??
How idiotic.
I see Gretchen is the former Miss America from back in '89. Interesting.
Why didn't the girls just have a wrestling match in a vat of jello to see who stays or goes???
Lauren is also a concert hall quality pianist as well as having been a Miss America or Miss Some-State. It's hard to believe, but she's forty or close to it. Lauren is quite a polished lady and a real asset they could develop into giving the network's overall presentation more class than the constant parade of blonde bombers.
The one who gets on my last nerve is Allison Camerata. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and Patty Ann Brown is no mental giant, either.
Donna Fiducia is also soft-spoken, concise, and seems like an all-around lovely, classy, pleasant person like Lauren and Harris. Any of those three could step into Kirin's place and give a lot more grace to the show.
I like E.D., too. She isn't as well informed as she could be sometimes, but she's down-home, speaks her mind and has a sense of humor and seems to have a good moral compass.
Rudi Bahktiar?!!
Rita used to be a good reporter, but after she got her own show she got into that whole breathless sensationalism trap, stopped fact-checking, and just went for rumor-mongering about sensational stories. She lost all her substance.
No way! We couldn't have been watching the same woman. Lauren did a real nice job reading the news. I don't remember her stumbling at all.
COURTNEY FRIEL!!!
I wouldn't be surprised if she replaces Gretchen on the weekday F&F program. Hope she does! Regardless, this babe is going places!
No comment...little rebel is lurking... :-O
No loss. Anybody who is as much of a bubble-head as she is should be a bleached-blonde. (And that's her thought process, not her politica.)
I found Chetry very annoying on FnF. She was always talking over people. She seemed like she would say something and act like "see how smart I am" when her comments were stupid.
Is little rebel her husband? Hope he's not jealous and coming after me. Who's little rebel? Seems he hasn't posted anything since last year. What am I missing here?
They also seem to have forgotten that Fox management holds all the cards when you are in negotiations. The employee side of the negotiations only have so much pull.
She will regret going to CNN.
"better than Gretchen"
Who'se Gretchen? :)
I stopped watching here even occassionally when she spent about 6 years on the blonde girl who disappeared in Aruba.
"She's completely boring to listen to."
yeah but she was cute
She's not as cute as the one they have on there right now. Not even close.
Carolyn
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