[presently no screen name]

when her contract came up to renewal, he only offered her a a new contract with an insultingly large pay cut

OR

She already planned on leaving. Why is it, some automatically think she left because of a pay cut. Show me anywhere SARAH was all about money. She known as a giver not taker and she doesn't toot her own horn.

[Timber Rattler]

Well, for all intents and purposes, it WAS her job, and Ailes had been dumping on her for a long time. A new contract with a ridiculously lower "take-it-or-leave-it" $$$$ figure would essentially leave her in a very awkward "marked-down" position, and so she walked (like Ailes expected).

With that said, i think that she's been wanting out of her contract for a long time now, and this was the opportunity both sides had been waiting for to part ways without incurring any damage.