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TMZ: Olbermann Will Be Paid $14 Million to Say Goodbye to MSNBC
- Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:19am by
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TMZ:
Sources connected with the network tell us … Comcast honchos did not like Keith’s defiance and the way he played in the sandbox.
Our sources say Keith has around two years left on his contract, and he’ll be paid his salary — around $7 million a year.
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Comments (119)
newspapertaxis
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:15amWindfall… Windfall… Wonder how he’ll feel about his taxes now.. Bet the Bush tax cuts looking good to him now!!!
Report Post »clinicalminded
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 3:38amNo, another liberal paid to not work?
Report Post »FireTheLeft
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 3:25amKO got KO’d… LMFAO
Report Post »IAMANIDIOT
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 3:20amWhat he needs is to have all the money above $200k taxed at 100%.
Report Post »Jack Torrance
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:35am14 Mil should be enough for Kieth to find a nice tropical spot and let the help pretend that they care that he sounds like a pseudo thespian perfect for the likes of a Hamlet performance. Sorry about mentioning Hamlet considering the violent nature of the story.
Report Post »traderdan
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:35amI can lie and spread liberal propaganda on tv for half that price! lol
Report Post »thegr8restoration
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:33amThats 2 years he can’t have a show!
Report Post »Jack Torrance
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:28am@walkwithme. Sawsall doesn’t describe you as a tool.
Report Post »Verum Ad Potentia
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:21amKeith Who?
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:19amHe won’t be able to do anything but “scratch and sniff” for 2 years. I‘ll bet they won’t let him write a book, either.
Report Post »puck30
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:13amSomething is wrong here. According to olbermannwatch Keith had less then two months to go on his contract, why would Comcast give him that money?
Maybe GE gave him some leftover T.A.R.P. dough.
Report Post »Loki
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:09amHe is too rich, they need to take all but $1million, and hand it out the rest to the poor… to make it fair…
Report Post »LOL
it funny, cant pay an executive over $1million, even the ones that actually produce something, but this tit turd gets $14 million for doing a louisiana liplock on the DNCs love machine
jspec33
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:45amThank you God. That’s all!
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:32amWhoever signed this dolt to 7mil p/yr ought to be fired tooooooo
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:32amI thought they made you come in and sit in a “rubber room” while they paid you for not doing things in NYC — Oh that’s the teachers !!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:30amHe still can’t buy any dignity.
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:28amWell he needs the money with the pay cut to the modest salary he will get as the new White House Press Secretary.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:28amOnly in America can a no-talent hack make 7 million dollars a year for doing his job POORLY! He should give every bit of that money, except for $1.98(and he’s overpaid at that rate), to the government…..at least he wouldn’t be a total hypocrite then.
Report Post »ellietoo
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:28amWhat kind of a fool would pay that inept ignorant man 7 million dollars a year? And yet they feel it is worth their while to continue to pay him just to get him off the air.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:27amPULLEEEEEEEZ, I am shocked at that number. Kind of like Cocan O‘Brien’s deal that he got. I think even kieth could walk away without shedding a tear for that amount of money. He did a lousy job and yet he walks away with a deal like that? They must have thought it was worth it to get rid of him, if that tells you something.
Report Post »PoorRichard2
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:11amBingo Pamela !!
The only way they paid him the full amount is if they tried and tried again to negotiate a reasonable severance and he folded his arms and said “No” like an insolent six year old. Finally they were so disenchanted with him, they still let him go even though they had to pay him the full amount. This isn’t a settlement…it’s a termination-at-all-costs.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:24amI understand that he can’t go someplace else for a time either … I guess it REALLY wasn’t his idea! They wanted him gone …. MSNBC sure overpaid for NO TALENT HACKS.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:53amThey’re loosing a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$
Report Post »Conan did nothing & he got $32 Million .
RLTW
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:11amWord on the street is Olbe will spend 7mil on his wedding with Allen Grayson, may they live happily ever after.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:44pmI think 7 million a year for Olbermann ..was way above his pay grade.
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:24amOh the insanity………you fail, you pick yourself up and go away.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:24amSo who’s laughing now ????
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:37amus :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:52amBECK!! He predicted it in September!
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 6:24amAll this victory-olic, gleeful rhetoric is making me feel woozy. Stop please… I can’t help myself, I may go out and find a liberal to hug and kiss. Where is Sheriff Dupe-slick when you need him?
Report Post »dhert
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:23amI’ll take his time slot for 1/20th his price and I’ll play nicely in the sandbox!
Report Post »101
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:56pm14 million? lol This azz has been living high and financing millions this still will not cover his debt!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:20amWaaaaaaay too much!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:23amI will pay him 7 bucks .
Report Post »ooooonooooo
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:35amthose geniuses at nbc sure like to throw away money….first conan obrian now oberman
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:37amYou can’t take it with you, and he is probably severely lacking in Heavenly treasure.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:38amThat’s two years pay for him. I read he makes 7mil. a year.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:47amI wonder if we can pay Obama to GO ?
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:54am“Our sources say Keith has around two years left on his contract, and he’ll be paid his salary — around $7 million a year.”
Wow. MSNBC is even DUMBER than we thought!
“Ooh, baby! You are so talented. And they are so dumb.” -sheriff Bart, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »elkslayer43
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:06amIts worth every cent to see him gone.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:39amWas he in Palins crosshairs?
Report Post »Jarski
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:03amThis is one time when I’m all for the redistribution of wealth.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:05amI left that show the first time I saw it…where’s my money?
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 5:33amI thought Keith hated evil, rich people? He must really hate himself. Wonder what percentage he’ll be donating to charity…
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:25amcomcast deserves it….
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:39amContract null and void……………was caught of stage getting a Clinton purple dress special by Howard Dean
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:52amI’d pay him 10 times that to leave the planet, my only fear is he’d infect the universe
Report Post »LibertarianLady
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:02amIt is too much; but worth every dollar to get him gone.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:39amWill he redistribute his new wealth? Nah, only OTHER people’s money.
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:42amMoney well spent. A bargain at twice the price.
Report Post »TC
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:30amBail out money for sure. GE bailing on Keith! Thank goodness some good came from our money.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:43amLets face it…Keith is to civil discourse what Rosie O’Donnell is to swimsuit modeling.
Report Post »what4
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:28amPerhaps he can buy an island somewhere and live out his liberal dream…..
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:00pmI’ve long since changed my cable provider on the news that Comcast was going to be running NBC. If they scrubbed MSNBC all together, I might consider coming back…maybe.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:01pmSNAPTIE, very funny, well done.
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