Big Raise for Olbermann at MSNBC????

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Sure sounds like it:

Keith Olbermann is re-upping with MSNBC, TVNewser has learned.

His contract negotiations apparently went well (maybe the alleged interest from CNN helped).

In December B&C said Olbermann wanted "north of $4 million" from NBC Universal, up from his current salary of roughly $1 million

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/exclusive_olbermann_reups_with_msnbc_announcement_coming_thursday_53192.asp

Yay Keith!!!

:yourock: :applause: :applause:

[oldtimecanuk]

1. lol... Good for Keith, he has earned every penny and hey...

when you have a (rumored) offer from CNN... hit em for big bucks...

ww

[RevCheesehead]

2. He's worth twice that, at least!

Yay, Keith!! :loveya:

[troubleinwinter]

23. You forgot this!

[DURHAM D]

3. If little Timmy Russert is worth $5 M then KO is worth $50 M. n/t

[WiseButAngrySara]

10. Indeed! ....n/t

[bananarepublican]

28. Does anyone know what they pay the phone sex guy over at FOX? n/t

[lonestarnot]

4. Woodamnwhoo keef!

Rock on baby! :applause:

[tridim]

5. Now that's a raise! None of that 5% crap.

He's the only TV news guy that actually deserves a raise.

[Skip Intro]

6. Good. I guess that means he's not going anywhere soon.

I remember talk of, hell, I thought myself at times, that his show would be cancelled because he was "too hard" on the bush regime. Guess this means he ain't goin' nowhere anytime soon. Yeah!!!!

And I wonder - if KO can get that kind of money, probably the result of a bidding war between CNN and MSNBC, maybe some of the other media types will see this and rethink their role as stenographer for bushco.

[frogcycle]

11. just might be part of both Scarborough's and Matthews drift

of late away from rubber-stamp land. Joe in particular is really starting to appeal to me. As they've seen Keith's audience reaction - as well as probably just admiring someone with guts - it has to have affected them some

[rocktivity]

18. Scarborough in particular has to go further left or go on unemployment.

The bigger Keith's audience gets, the less tolerant MSNBC will become of Scarborough being unable to hold onto it. And since last Election Day, even Tweety's been feeling Keith's heat!

:headbang:
rocknation

[SlowDownFast]

25. F*ckers go whichever way the wind blows,

er, money flows......gawddamn sellouts.

Keith was bashing B*sh before bashing him was cool.

Good for you, KO.

[frogcycle]

7. Scarborough has alluded to it several times

In the discussions about the feud with orally. Made reference to Keith "signing that fat contract" (adding "well deserved")

[rocktivity]

16. Scarborough's just trying to hold on to his own job

I imagine the number of viewers takes a significant dip after Olbermann goes off.

:headbang:
rocknation

[calimary]

40. They do indeed. He does not sustain the lead-in.

Mediabistro.com has ratings rundowns on a regular basis. Keith CONSISTENTLY outrates everybody else on MSNBC. EVERYBODY. Substantially so. And the numbers drop when Scarborough comes on. BTW - tucker's ratings often can't even be found with a magnifying glass. I'm surprised the obnoxious little snot nose is still on there. JUST WHO invited him, ANYWAY??? Is he some fatcat's kid or something? And yes, I wondered that even back when he was doing "Crossfire." Who the hell invited him, anyway? How did he rate a show?

[proud patriot]

8. Worth every penny

:patriot:

[sutz12]

9. Amen.....Go Keith! nt

[UTUSN]

12. YO KO!!1 n/t

[frogcycle]

13. now, do you think

he'll be sending checks to all us "little people" who flooded msnbc with fanmail when he first started his rants?


:)

[SlowDownFast]

27. That's right.

KO owes DU some love for sticking up for him via emails, calls, etc to MSNBC. I do remember when there was talk about cancelling his show, and DU bombarded the network with fan mail.

[C_U_L8R]

14. you earned every bit of it Keith

and MORE

DU hearts KO

[rocktivity]

15. Better he should fight for more creative control.

Act as his own executive producer or something so he doesn't have to do dumb stories anymore.

:headbang:
rocknation

[BlooInBloo]

22. I hate the damn celebrity segment!

[ProgressiveFool]

17. KO on CNN?

Stop it, it hurts!!!

I can't imagine KO and Wolf Blitzer in the same room.

[bleever]

19. I hope it wasn't

the images on KO's baseball card with Mickey Mantle and GWB photoshopped in.


Only KO would catch this stuff, in addition to having the guts to call it like he sees it, and the intelligence to really see it.


I wish him the very best, and I think that Matthews and Scarborough come in for their share of praise for not being simple corporate media shills, and for really letting their own sincere personal perspectives inform how the story that's served up by the military-infotainment complex is portrayed on their broadcasts.

[Auntie Bush]

20. He's worth every dollar. He should be getting more than Katie Couric.

Every word spitten out his mouth during Special Comments were made of pure gold. Wonder if he's making more than Tweety? That could cause a lot of friction!

[Greybnk48]

21. He's earned that, and then some

he's the only commentator worth his salt, in my opinion.

[williesgirl]

24. K&R for a true newsman. Go Keith!

[upi402]

26. Good to read k/r

:applause: :woohoo:

[City Lights]

29. Great news!

I hadn't heard about rumored interest from CNN, but I'm glad KO is staying put. I just can't picture him over at CNN.

[Ganja Ninja]

30. Take a lesson all you media slugs out there.

Grow a set of nads.

[Le Taz Hot]

34. Or ovaries.

:evilgrin:

[rocktivity]

35. Ovaries are nads, too

Regardless of gender, gonads produce the gametes which are what fuse to form a new organism. In humans, ovaries and testicles are the gonads; the eggs and sperm they produce are the gametes.


rocknation

[Le Taz Hot]

37. Is there going to be a test on this?

Should I be taking notes? Does anyone have a pencil? :smoke:

[Kazak]

31. Right on!!!

:thumbsup:

[Yavin4]

32. Good for KO. His Career Has Had Its Share of Ups and Downs

He was known as difficult to deal with, but I believe that he's found his calling.

[Pachamama]

33. Bet O'lielly doesn't like that....

Poor Bill....

[rocktivity]

36. Well, after paying off that phone sex victim

he probably ISN'T making that much more than Keith!

:rofl:
rocknation

[samsingh]

38. well deserved

[Turn CO Blue]

39. He's worth it -- just so long as he doesn't buy a really big house

with it! }( I kid, I kid.

--- ducking ----



:hide:

I loves me some Keef! :loveya: