This is how the Daily Beast summarized that: "Rhodes is said to have been irked when Pelley hired sharp-elbowed Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel three years ago to aggressively negotiate a massive raise from the $5 million a year he was reported to be earning in 2014. In Pelley’s defense, he was among the more productive journalists at *60 Minutes* while holding down his evening gig—and his compensation was a fraction of that of his peers at the other networks."
Also, I see I was mis-remembering Rhodes, it was his former boss Jeff Fager (now back at 60 Minutes full time since 2015) who had the special relationship with Pelley http://www.thedailybeast.com/what-forced-scott-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:30 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it was ratings, you'd think they'd have made a more graceful >> transition. Like having a successor named. Still, coming this close to the >> upfronts, I wonder if some larger affiliates were making noise about the >> low ratings and demanding significant action lest they do something >> themselves. >> Time will tell. >> > > The strange timing might be related to a contract negotiation. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
