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
She's on with ANDERSON COOPER now!
That was a quick .. new ... job for Kiran.
She lived in Gaithersburg, People Republic of Maryland. She's been fairly open with her views, liberal and otherwise.
However, just because she's a CNN has nothing to do her politics just $$$$$.
Darn. Kiran is a major hottie on the weekend mornings. Is her husband, Chris Knowles still doing the weather for Fox?
She's still a babe. I could not believe that she's 32.
Good for Fox.
Bye Kiran, there is not a chance in hell I'd watch CNN unless I was trapped in the St. Louis Airport.
Too bad I'll never see her on TV again.
Is she dancing on there? She looks really strange and nervous.
Looks like he still is... for now.
Laurie Dhue, Melissa Theuriau and Kiran. My top three.
Ah well, that's showbiz.
Maybe they'll put Juliet back on the weekend fox n friends. The weekend version has been LOUSY LOUSY LOUSY for several months now.
she's cute, but these info-babes are a dime a dozen. FNC should go over to Univision, any weather girl on Univision makes Chetry look like Helen Thomas.
I'm glad she's gone. She talks too fast.
Anybody know what happened to Mike and Juliette?
Guess I won't be seeing her on Weekend F&F tomorrow. Hasta la vista, babe.
Weekly morning show on your local Fox channel, I think.
they do the Fox5 morning show in NYC now.
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