When Muir got his raise he was the lowest paid of the three network anchors by far. Now he is probably the highest paid, as the other two of down-scaled on the marquee value of their anchor. You could say it has not made much difference, or it could be part of the reason that even in the age of Trump network news ratings have begun dropping again.
After reading about this for a day or so my conclusion is now that CBS paid Pelley when they thought they needed him to recover their news credentials after the Katie-cast humiliation, and now feel like they don't need that boost anymore, and dont want to pay either the cash or the having to put up with his "I am the last Jedi" Murrow-ism. On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:04 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Would Pelley still have the job if he had not gotten the pay hike? > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:46 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It sounds to me that CBS saved millions on what they were paying Katie >>> to get an upgrade in their journalistic credibility. >>> >> >> Frightening thing is that somebody like Katie Couric would probably do >> well ratings-wise. I wonder if CBS will poach whomever NBC drops from the >> Today on-air crew to make room for Megyn Kelly's stupidity? "The CBS >> Evening News with Matt Lauer" might not be a punchline anymore, sad to say. >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:56 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So it sounds like Pelley got a steep pay raise but got did not boost >>>> the ratings. It looks like if they want to pay big bucks to an anchor they >>>> will do it to someone who improves the ratings. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 5:13 PM, PGage <[email protected]> I'm what I >>>>> can tell, David Muir makes $5Miwrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Interesting. I now have my hot take: CBS News is the Cleveland Browns >>>>> of the TV news business. In a league devoted to parity, with a hard salary >>>>> cap, and where a failing team gets a head start on its rebuild with the >>>>> first draft choice, the Browns have managed to underperform for decades. >>>>> Analysts, as well as current and former NFL players and coaches, say that >>>>> it is a long term failure of the management culture and the quality of the >>>>> front office. >>>>> >>>>> CBS News has the third rated newscast, which they have had for >>>>> decades, and their corporate culture is going to doom them to stay there. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> TV or Not TV .... 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