Last month struggling MNSBC decided that Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle would be offered pay cuts which they could either accept or reject and leave the network. That followed an even bigger decision reached in November. MSNBC’s top earner, Rachel Maddow, would have $5 million cut from her salary.
Maddow — who rakes in $30 million a year for hosting “The Rachel Maddow Show” just one day a week on Mondays — renegotiated for a $25 million salary for the next five years, the Ankler reported on Thursday.
“This is a difficult time and they needed to keep her,” one executive told the news site. “No one else can do what she does. You can’t build a brand like it overnight.”
The story at the time was that Maddow would cointinue to work on Monday nights but would appear more often as a “secret weapon” when there was breaking news.
But here we are just…
