Posted on 01/15/2020 9:57:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
At least one network boss, CNN president Jeff Zucker, has already publicly expressed interest. CNN and MSNBC are shaping up to be the two likeliest landing spots for former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who unexpectedly left the network in October and has been on the cable news sidelines ever since as he waits out a non-compete agreement of unknown length.
On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Smith has talked to MSNBC president Phil Griffin about potentially joining the network.
But, officially, both camps are staying quiet. Smith's spokesperson, Chris Giglio, declined comment on Tuesday when asked by The Hollywood Reporter if his client has had conversations with Griffin. An MSNBC spokesperson did not respond to a similar request for comment.
CNN brass has been more open about courting Smith, though it is not yet known when he would actually be able to join another network. "When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented, and I would be very open to talking to him," Zucker said on Oct. 24.
Smith's camp has not explicitly said that he plans to take another television news job, though Giglio said at the time of Smith's resignation that he is "taking some time off but he is not retiring."
At a press freedom event in late November, THR heard Smith tell a fellow attendee that "for the first time in 35 years, I'm on the beach." (Smith politely declined comment when asked for an interview before the event began.)
At Fox News, Smith reportedly made an annual salary of around $15 million, a number that would be way be out of line with what MSNBC news anchors make, according to network insiders. There's "no way" the network would pay him that much, one said,
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Gimmie a min or two to give a sh*t, kkthx.....
Remember, Shep, it’s not what you know, but who you blow.
Please also take Pissy Wallace and a bunch of others...
RE: He should ask Megyn how that worked out for her.
She got an Actress to play her in a movie who was just nominated for an Academy Award... :)
Shep is going the way of Megan Kelly. May he find out what the Dark Side is really like before it spits him out.
Yeah, but he sucked so badly that Pete had to let him go.
Outstanding........ truly outstanding : )
He’ll bring in Maybelline as a sponsor
For pay, CNN is desperate enough that they might be willing to offer up a two-year contract in the range of 10 million a year and some bonus if he got their numbers back up to a respectful level. The problem I see is that if you put him in prime-time (say 6 PM to 9 PM), and think he’ll bring Fox viewers over....it’s a bad assumption.
I would say this for the guy...if you have just a plain chaotic event (say an aircraft accident, or some coup)....he does a good job of updating you with only facts...no speculation. On politics, he’s just not worth listening to, and it’s pure speculation.
How about Aljazeera? Oh I forgot that would cause a problem.
Only between the time they tossed him from a building and the time he went splat.
Losers like to be with other losers.
This is a HUGE step down for Sheppy the Sissy Drama Queen. He knows the ratings for CNN and MSNBC are PATHETIC.
Decisions, decisions.
Join the two poofters at CNN or the carpet muncher at MSNBC.
Depends on which time me slot he plans to back into.
Not sure either one is liberal enough for him...
Add don lemoooon and you have a threepule.
Talk about pole dancers.
What a GAY.
So FOX will be looking for another homo to replace Shep. Shep will have to compete with the other gay’s at MSNBC and CNN. Shep will fit right in with the sour Lemon at CNN.
Plllease pick CNN, That way I will never have to see your puling weiner huffing face again.
Exactly where he belongs.
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