Posted on 06/04/2022 4:12:36 PM PDT by JonPreston
News anchor Norah O’Donnell’s salary was reportedly slashed by more than half at CBS Evening News as the struggling news program continues to make substantial budget and cost cuts, Radar has learned.
According to The Post, CBS News re-signed the 48-year-old news anchor in April for a yearly salary of $3.8 million – which is a remarkably less sum than the $8 million she was previously making to host the evening news program.
But while O’Donnell accepted the new pay package, an insider familiar with the negotiations revealed that CBS executives offered the anchor a “low ball” sum that they “expected [her] to reject” in an effort to replace her on the program as her ratings continue to plummet.
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She’s a SNOTTY MEAN GIRL with NO humor in her life......PAINFUL to watch.
They low-balled her because they didn’t have the courage to fire her. Now they are stuck with the salary and the low ratings.
Do not have the time to watch her, or anything like her. Nice to see her taking a haircut.
She’s one of the big reasons I had to stop watching cbs news. Her overly dramatic, hyperboluc delivery wore me out.
Didn’t even know who she is. I’ve heard the name and that’s it.
She did that math too. She’s a protected class so essentially firing-proof, just do the job and cash the checks.
They all suck.
Why not cut her salary to 0?
And fire her.
Talking props
That read other peoples lines
They’re morons. She has 3.8 million reasons not to be offended by their “low-ball” offer.
You may be thinking of Nora Dunn.
FWIW, I had the exact same thought when I first heard the name "Norah O'Donnell." I had to look it up. There was no member of the SNL cast named O'Donnell.
Rosie O'Donnell was SNL guest host twice, in 1993 and 1996.
Also Roseanne Barr did an impersonation of Rosie O'Donnell on an SNL episode in December 1994.
I was past my SNL-watching days by then, so I missed out on those exciting episodes. What a shame.
What is a womyn?
Eight million dollars to read a teleprompter? Big media is totally insane.
Paying their anchors such ridiculous salaries it’s no wonder they’re struggling. Nothing special about her job, you could easily replace her with a competent person for $100k. Just need someone who can lie with a straight face.
She 48, and way past her sell-by date.
“What is a womyn?”
Guess you’re not a biologist.
Isn’t she related to Ravi Shankar? (ducking...)
I wonder who she blew to get this gig, for twice that salary no less!
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