Katie Couric to Stay With 'Today' ($65 Million!)

AP via WashingtonPost.com ^ | 12/19/2001 | David Bauder

[GeneD]

NEW YORK

[freepy smurf]

With 64 teeth, that's over $1 million per tooth. The Tooth Fairy only left me 75 cents. I'm not worthy.

[Let's Roll]

FReepers keep saying NBC's ratings are going down - if that's true, it won't take long until this comes back to bite them in their corporate tush. I would also think, again if ratings are going down, that boards of directors of these major media outlets in general will start cleaning house. Surprised it hasn't already started. Internet, talk-radio, cable etc. have really cut into their market share but they continue to be unresponsive. I wouldn't think a business could last long that way.

[Twins613]

Neither Couric nor the network would comment Wednesday on published reports that the contract, which stretches through 2006, was worth as much as $65 million and could make her the highest-paid personality in TV news.

Heck, you can't even get a decent firstbaseman for that nowadays :)

[WriteOn]

Eat me, Katie.

[Thebaddog]

What has Ms. Couric done to make this world a tangibly better place? Did she discover a new drug? Did she invent a labor saving device? No. She delivers propoganda in a pleasant manner.

That is the definition of BFD.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

That is the definition of BFD.

Here are some others:

Blather From Drudge
Barf Frequently, Daily (as often happens when watching "Today")

Boffing For Dollars (one theory on how Katie cashed in)
Any others you guys can think of?

[RightWhale]

How can she possibly get by on only $10 million a year? Maybe she is planning to retire then and write a column, but she probably won't make as much doing that. She should have held out for more.

[Rockiesrider]

Katie get 65 Million... Good! Thats 65 Million dollars NBC has to bogie just to break even. Networks are gone to be just like the NBA, MLB and every other over the budget entity. It's just a matter of time before they go belly up. Bryant Gumble was a bust once he left then tried to return. Deb Norville was run out of town(by: Katie et al)and remains in my view the best looking and most talented one of the lot. NBC has more brass than sense. Keep it coming NBC your days are numbered.

[sneakypete]

She sucks!

Maybe,but not good enough to be worth $65 million. She is a vapid airhead,and the ignorant masses consider her a queen. What does THAT say for the American people?

[Patriot1]

I feel like throwing up! I cannot stand Katie Couric!!! I think I dislike her more than I dislike Dan Rather and Peter Jennings, and that's saying a lot. If she is so concerned about laid off workers, she should give up her exorbitant and undeserved salary so that more unemployed can have jobs.

[speedy]

I am SO GLAD that someone else notices those miserable ABC radio propagandists. Usually I change the station before they come on, but sometimes someone else has it on and I have to listen to that nauseating Doug Limerick and the woman with the NPR accent who comes on before him. They make my skin crawl. It's so nice to discover these mutual hatreds!

[sneakypete]

Guess she's not a socialist after all.

She's no different that Bruce Springsteen,Don Headley,Babs Streisand,and thousand of other celeberty communists. Communism is for thee and me,not she.

[sneakypete]

As if the Today Show is about NEWS,

Why do you all keep making the same typos? It's "The Toady Show"!

[celtic gal]

None of these TV anchros is worth that kind of money. Guess that is why they are all screaming libs... GUILT for having so much that they see the need to share... OUR HARD EARNED MONEY which comes no where near what these clowns make.sheesh

[rintense]

Katie is a OPMW...

Over-Paid Media Whore.

[Mark Turbo]

Specifically, some have said that she doesn't even look good. Even leftist jackasses are deserving of some chivalry. For the record, she is adorable with the sound off -- great face, better legs, altogether a lovely package. If she was on our side, wouldn't you guys all admit this?

Katie Commie's hair has always been too short for my taste.

[Marathoner]

You know, I have a dear friend, a very level-headed and otherwise fairly conservative woman, who absolutely loves the Today show. I have no earthly idea why.

[oust the louse]

don't do us any favors you liberal talking face.

[oust the louse]

Diane Sawyer is a hottie...always liked her.

[Tribune7]

Of course, Katie now has $65 million to give to socialist (Democratic) political candidates, gun-control groups and pro-abortion lobbyists.