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MSNBC extends Olbermann’s contract.
Think Progress —
TV Decoder reports:
Keith Olbermann, the anchor of “Countdown,” will remain at MSNBC through the next presidential election season, the cable news channel announced Monday afternoon.
The announcement came less than two years into Mr. Olbermann’s current four-year deal. MSNBC essentially tore up his February 2007 contract (reported to be worth up to $4 million a year) and wrote a new one, according to two employees with knowledge of the agreement. The new contract is valued at about $7.5 million a year, one of ...
Four more years for Olbermann
Political Animal —
FOUR MORE YEARS FOR OLBERMANN.... For MSNBC, it's hard to mess with success . Keith Olbermann, the anchor of "Countdown," will remain at MSNBC through the next presidential election season, the cable news channel announced Monday afternoon. The announcement came less than two years into Mr. Olbermann's current four-year deal. MSNBC essentially tore up his February 2007 contract (reported to be worth up to $4 million a year) and wrote a new one, according to two employees with knowledge of the agreement. The new contract is valued at about $7.5 million a year, one of the ...
Doctor Pangloss Reporting
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Keith (Best Person in the World) Olbermann just got the best of all possible deals in the best of all possible worlds. The world may now breathe again. And offer grateful thanks.
Keith Olbermann Praises "Naive" Chris Matthews, Compares "The View" To A Blender, Challenges Bill O'Reilly To Arm Wrestling Match
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Keith Olbermann, whose MSNBC contract was renewed for four more years yesterday — at an estimated $7.5 million per year (or $30 million over four years) — spoke to TVNewser's Gail Shister about Chris Matthews, women in cable, and what it's like to be on "The View" (watch his appearance here).
On Chris Matthews
Olbermann — who explained to "The View" that he does not vote, said he would vote for Chris Matthews if he runs for Senate in Pennsylvania (no matter that he is not a Pennsylvania resident):
"I ...
Aren’t You Nice for Paying Keith Olbermann’s Salary?
The Sundries Shack —
It looks like one of Barack Obama’s biggest MSM boosters, Keith Olbermann, is going to be getting rich in part off of your tax money. It appears that GE Capital will participate in the federal government’s debt-guarantee program, under which the government stands to back as much as $139 billion of the company’s debt through the middle of 2009. GE thereby becomes the first company with meaningful industrial operations to join Uncle Sam’s latest program. GE Capital is owned by General Electric, which also owns Olbermann’s employer, MS-NBC. Olbermann just signed an extended contract that will reportedly make him $7.5 million a year . I note that because ...
'Worst Bailout in the World' Petition Hits Olbermann Hypocrisy
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Playing off Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" shtick, some clever fellow recently started a petition recently at WorstBailoutIntheWorld.com calling on the "Countdown" host to return his recent pay raise to "Turbo Tax" Tim Geithner's Treasury Department. (h/t NewsBusters contributor Amy Menefee; see related story here)
The petition's full wording:
Dear Mr. Olbermann,
While General Electric, the parent-company of your MSNBC network, was negotiating a $126 billion taxpayer-funded bailout, you signed a new contract raising your salary from $4 million to $7.5 million ...
Keith Olbermann Counts Down His Bailout Money
Deceiver.com —
There’s nobody you can trust more to tell you who to be angry at and why than Keith Olbermann. The MSNBC anchorman has become a connoisseur of condemnation, a sultan of spittle, a regent of red-faced rage. And he’s an equal-opportunity scold; he lambastes conservatives and right-wingers! He really does get his dander up, to the point where it often flies out from under that extremely odd hairpiece.
This talent has made him a very wealthy man, and a new site called Worst Bailout in the World has a problem with it:
Dear Mr. Olbermann,
While General Electric, the parent-company of your ...
