Posted on 12/19/2024 1:45:01 PM PST by Libloather
MSNBC’s Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle will reportedly need to take a pay cut if they want to remain in their anchor chairs as the struggling cable network continues to cut costs.
The left-leaning news channel — which recently gave star anchor Rachel Maddow a $5 million-a-year haircut from her annual $30 million haul — has been negotiating with Reid and Ruhle on new deals at reduced salaries, according to the Ankler newsletter.
The controversial Reid is believed to be earning $3 million a year to host her nightly 8 p.m. show, “The ReidOut,” according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Reid, who has been with the network since 2011 and in primetime since 2020, recently raised hackles again with a pre-Thanksgiving rant in which she accused Republicans of worshiping Donald Trump “instead of Jesus.”
Ruhle, host of “The 11th Hour” at 11 p.m. weeknights, is thought to make $2 million a year, the Free Beacon reported.
She has also been a frequent Trump basher but recently praised him for being more accessible to the press than President Biden. Ruhle revealed she was able to contact Trump on his cellphone — though he told her to “go f–k myself” when she asked for an interview, she quipped.
A third prominent host, Jonathan Lemire — who was elevated this month to co-host “Morning Joe” from anchoring “Way Too Early” — has also been offered a new contract at a reduced salary, the Ankler reported.
An MSNBC spokesperson reached by The Post said the network would not comment on personnel matters.
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Unless they are reducing their pay to a dollar they are still paying way too much.
Maybe they are hoping they will be offended and quit.
Reid, Ruhle et al get paid what normal Americans can only dream of. All to create misery and then report on it with bile and venom to use on their ideological enemies.
In short, they’ve got nothing useful and the final repudiation of this election showed their paymasters that their work didn’t ‘work.’ No useful product, no new inputs. They aren’t the news rock stars they think they are.
Americans’ interest in ‘news’ from legacy media finally turned the page. We don’t really get our news from them like we used to. Many get their fill from the vast array of podcast and news shorts online, bypassing them and elevating other, more truthful and balanced purveyors.
Maddow got her haircut and Reid/Ruhle and others will get theirs or they’re out. MSNBC certainly won’t be offering any contract increases. It would be very comical to see them try and make it in the podcast world without massive support of MSNBC in production.
The mainstream media is done. I don't even know half of these folks, I got their names from (Yahoo)
Is Cavuto anti-Trump?
Yep.
The more they pay these useless morons, the faster they will go bankrupt.
Maybe that’s their plan.
Where are all the race hustlers screaming that maddow makes more than 10x reid???
More to this. Neil has a number of health issues, including cancer and MS, and maybe is leaving because he needs to.
Inside Jen Paski ?
Thank you for adding this. I didn't know.
“Is Cavuto anti-Trump?”
Definitely.
I hate that guy.
He’s has MS for decades. Didn’t know (or didn’t remember) about the cancer. All that bile in his system from TDS can’t be healthy.
Madcow must have something on them to keep her outrageous salary ... tapes, DNA, etc.
Joyless Reid is a PURE EVIL RACIST!
It seems as if the MSNBC financial people have no grasp of reality. These deals are ludicrous based on audience penetration and can only get worse.
It seems as if the MSNBC financial people have no grasp of reality. These deals are ludicrous based on audience penetration and can only get worse.
Replace them with illegal aliens.
Demote her back to Saturday AM on PMS-NBC where she was getting lower ratings than Air Fryer infomercials. AM Joy was not very joyful
Contract Not Being Renewed
Good deal he’s more left then anything else.
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