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‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs
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Posted on 08/18/2012 4:17:07 PM PDT by jakerobins
NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through ”downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs. Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs.
The downsizing also comes just 5 days after First Lady Michelle Obama appeared as a guest for the third time on The Tonight Show: high unemployment, job creation, and taxing the rich vs the poor all are issues in the 2012 president campaign.
Leno has said publicly that he’s able to bank his entire Tonight Show salary and live on the hefty fees he makes from his hectic personal appearance schedule.
Leno’s new salary is reportedly $27M-$30 million a year. He reportedly brings home another $15M-$20M a year from his other gigs
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: layoffs; leno; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: kcvl
‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs
Except for those 20 staffers.
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posted on
08/18/2012 9:21:46 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: jakerobins
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posted on
08/18/2012 9:51:55 PM PDT
by
timestax
(Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
To: timestax
JOBS ? You don't need no stinking job !
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posted on
08/18/2012 9:52:20 PM PDT
by
timestax
(Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
To: pepsionice
20+ years ago we watched Letterman every night. Even got tickets for the show - but it was our Honeymoon! But at some point he just started getting more liberal, and making serious comments that were very anti-conservative and I quit watching.
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posted on
08/19/2012 1:02:02 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(So I [God] gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:12)
To: jakerobins
The more the fool attacks Iain the less adds he will get.
To: jakerobins
The more the fool attacks Bain the less adds he will get.
To: 21twelve
Exactly my experience and opinion. When he just did stand-up, and for the first few years after he took over the tonight show, I watched regularly.
Then, he turned sharp left. Have not watched him for many years.
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08/21/2012 1:44:48 AM PDT
by
tdscpa
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