"Why, for instance, would [they] pay Anderson Cooper $18 million a year when Kaitlan Collins draws the same ratings at roughly a fifth of the salary? (Of course, by the time [they] get[] around to it, Anderson will likely have determined that he no longer wants to read the day’s news to less than a million people every night, either.) Does the network need more than a handful of marquee names hosting a few key hours, or can it pay younger, reasonably attractive talent mere hundreds of thousands to read the same transcripts off the teleprompter?"
Sad last days of CNN - get ready for the cull of high priced talent
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| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 12, 2025 5:03 PM |
Anderson Cooper will be on Newsnation and doing comedy podcasts like Cuomo real soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 12, 2025 11:50 AM |
"and doing comedy podcasts like Cuomo real soon"
Comedy podcasts like Cuomo would be a step up from his New Year's Eve idiocy.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 12, 2025 11:54 AM |
Good! No one needs $18 million a year to read off the fucking telemprompter. Give the job to actual journalists, not media personalities.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 12, 2025 11:57 AM |
But Anderson is still a grieving professional orphan (at 58)! Have pity!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 12, 2025 12:12 PM |
I dont fault Anderson Cooper and he is a real TV news reporter. Or was. He got the salary that made sense at the time and that CNN was willing to shell out. See: Gayle King - cashing enormous checks for years If CNN gives Anderson the boot, who cares.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 12, 2025 12:28 PM |
Just replace them all with AI-generated anchors. You know it's coming soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 12, 2025 5:03 PM |