Posted on 10/26/2010 9:23:29 AM PDT by STARWISE
EXCLUSIVE:
Fox News Channel's signature news anchor Shepard Smith has signed a new multi-year deal to continue as the channel's lead news anchor as well as anchor of FOX Report and Studio B. Smith's most recent pact with Fox News inked in 2007 was for 3 years and nets him $7 million-8 million a year.
Fox News is expected to announce Smith's re-signing this afternoon. Smith, who is a guest on The View today to talk about midterm election coverage will also probably address his new contract on the ABC talk show where his Fox News colleague Bill O'Reilly recently made headlines with his visit.
Smith is one of Fox News' original stars, having joined the channel at its inception in 1996 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent. For the past 11 years, he has anchored FNC's signature 7 PM newscast The FOX Report with Shepard Smith since, which has dominated its timeslot for more than 100 consecutive months, averaging 1.8 million viewers.
He has covered such news events as Hurricane Katrina; the Middle East conflict, 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Columbine school massacre and President Clinton’s impeachment.
I don’t understand the idea of paying a pretty boy millions of dollars to read from a teleprompter. Plenty of good looking young people who would do the same job better for peanuts.
Bad news again. Fox keeps Shep after letting Dhue go.
This guy is pulling down $7 million a year from FNC, and Glenn Beck is only gets $2.5 million?
Wow. Shep’s numbers are lousy compared to the other prime time hosts.
I don’t get it! Shep..at best is weekend material.
Chris Wallace would be an excellent nightly anchor.
If I see the clip of that bear falling out of the tree one more time... grrrr double grrrrr
On the bright side...at least I can safely walk away from the TV for an hour between Special Report and BOR, so I can make dinner. :)
Same here.....usually to FBC. When Whoreraldo come on I for sure switch.
I think he has a wicked sense of humor that has me laughing out loud sometimes.
The guy is a pantywaist nitwit.
I believe that the conventional wisdom states that ol’ Shep bats for the other team....
What a joke.
He is gay?
Ok sorry for being late but..do you have a source for this? Have to admit the guy’s personality *is* a bit annoying though.
Hey Shep ,,, there’s an opening at NPR .
Aaarggh... 3 more years of Shep Smith...
Thanks for the heads up on this one, STARWISE.
3 dollar bill.
Same here.
Think about it..soon he’ll be making MORE each year than Katie Couric
Smith seems to have heavyweight advertisers.
We may guffaw at all the loony left boycotts of Beck’s show, but his advertisers seem to be the “Buy Gold” type and other lesser commercials.
Beck has numbers....but is he making that much of a profit for News Corp?
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