The shake-ups proceed at MSNBC as new studies declare that Pleasure Reid and Stephanie Ruhle have been provided pay cuts in order that they continue to be of their anchor chairs transferring ahead.
In line with the Ankler e-newsletter, the information community has been negotiating with Reid and Ruhle on new offers at decreased salaries. This comes after the identical publication lately reported that star anchor Rachel Maddow took a $5 million annual pay minimize from her reported $30 million annual bundle to stay with MSNBC.
Reid, who hosts the nightly 8:00 pm present The ReidOut, is at present stated to be incomes $3 million a yr, per the Washington Free Beacon, whereas Ruhle, who hosts The eleventh Hour at 11:00 pm weeknights, is claimed to make $2 million a yr.
The Ankler additionally studies that Jonathan Lemire, who was lately moved to a everlasting co-host slot on Morning Joe‘s 9 am hour, has been provided a brand new contract at a decreased wage.
The modifications come after MSNBC’s father or mother firm, Comcast, introduced plans to spin off its cable properties — MSNBC will be a part of CNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, and the Golf Channel as a part of a brand new firm referred to as SpinCo. In line with the New York Publish, this led to panic behind the scenes as on-air reporters and staffers fearful about potential layoffs.
This comes amid rankings controversy for MSNBC, which has seen a few of its exhibits mark file lows since Donald Trump‘s presidential election win final month. Alex Wagner Tonight, Inside with Jen Psaki, and The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell all lately hit file lows.
That stated, Inside with Jen Psaki aired its most-watched telecast because the election on Monday, December 9, averaging 832,000 complete viewers. This was up +17% versus the prior-4-week common.
Elsewhere, Morning Joe has seen backlash after hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski met with Trump after his election victory. Critics slammed the hosts and the present for sucking as much as the president-elect and attempting to appease the incoming administration. Scarborough hit out at his critics in a 20-minute rant on the December 5 episode.
Whereas Morning Joe noticed a drop from 839,000 complete viewers to 680,000 complete between the episode the place the hosts mentioned their assembly with Trump and the episode after, the present has remained comparatively regular since.
The present averaged 691,000 complete viewers throughout the week of the Trump assembly announcement, which was solely a 1.7% decline from the earlier week’s common of 703,000. That stated, each weeks had been down considerably from the present’s earlier quarter common of 1.14 million viewers.