MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhl may be forced to take pay cuts if they want to remain with the network.
According to the news site, AnklerMSNBC is considering new contract negotiations, and both Reid and Rhule are reportedly being asked to take pay cuts.
Ruhl, who hosts “The 11th Hour” weekdays at 11 p.m., currently earns $2 million a year, while Reid, who hosts “The ReidOut” weekdays at 8 p.m., earns $3 million a year. I'm here.
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News of the salary negotiations comes at a time of significant change for the liberal channel.
Due to declining ratings, MSNBC's parent company, Comcast, announced that it would spin off the channel to a separate company called Spinco. And employees are reportedly panicking about possible layoffs.
According to a report from new york post Starting last month, MSNBC headquarters went into a “panic” after the announcement of MSNBC's new location.
At a meeting led by Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBCUniversal, who is expected to lead Spin, “After reports surfaced that a new company may be formed, staff members fearing impending layoffs.'' Questions arose about whether the network's name, logo and headquarters needed to change.” It will be separated from the NBC News reporting department,” a Post source said.
“Everything is up in the air, so everyone is panicking,” one MSNBC source told the show.
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Stephanie Ruhl, host of MSNBC's “The 11th Hour,” will take a pay cut if she stays in her anchor position.
MSNBC's Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski also met in person with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago residence in November to “resume communication” between the two. This caused drama after President Trump's victory. party.
The conference sparked a huge backlash among liberals, and “Morning Joe” viewership plummeted an additional 17% on top of the already 35% decline in total viewers this year.
Reid has been with the channel since 2011 and had a prime-time slot since 2020, but it has experienced a significant ratings decline since President Trump's election, losing nearly half of its total viewers since then. .
The far-left MSNBC anchor lost 47% of its total viewers, averaging just 750,000 viewers in 2024 before Election Day, compared to 1.4 million, according to Nielsen Media Research. The number of people increased to 9,000.
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Ratings for some of the channel's biggest stars, including “All In” host Chris Hayes, have declined. It lost 56% of its key demo audience in the 8pm ET time slot from Tuesday through Friday after Election Day.
“The Last Word” host Lawrence O'Donnell also took a big hit with viewers, averaging just 930,000 viewers since the election and 78,000 in the key demo, down more than 40% in each metric. I lost it.
Maddow's show, which airs only on Monday nights, lost 43 percent of its viewers. Like Mr. Reed and Mr. Ruhl, Mr. Maddow also took a pay cut.
The Ankler newspaper reported last month that Maddow would take a $5 million annual “pay cut” and would earn $25 million a year for the next five years.
MSNBC did not immediately respond to FOX News Digital's request for comment.
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