As TMZ first reported, Matt Lauer got close to his $30 million a year asking price, nearly doubling his $17 million a year current salary.
It's sad news for Ann Curry, because sources say Lauer does not want her as his co-host, and it appears her fate is now sealed.
NBC sources say Ann's likely replacement will be Savannah Guthrie.
I'm personally a BIG fan of Ann Curry. I think she's terrific and a huge loss for NBC is this ends up being the story.
Matt Lauer is over-rated and not nearly worth DOUBLE his salary. Just my opinion....
Curry's a solid television journalist, to be sure - perhaps too close to Lauer's hard-driving style. The show needs a little more balance, regardless of anything that resembles backstage subterfuge.
ReplyDeleteBut for the better part of a year, I have been drawn most often to GMA's broadcasts. Between the regular appearances of Matt Gutman and the fratboy smarm of single dad, ESPN SportsCenter emigree Josh Elliott, it's the right shot of testosterone in one's morning Joe.
NBC will be the laughingstock of the mourning programs. 30 million dollars for a guy NO ONE WILL WATCH. I guess the bean counters at NBC don't ACTUALLY listen to there audience. What's left of there audience
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