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 Journalism is not known as a lucrative profession, but for the most prominent network stars there is a payoff:
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR (CNN) :
She just signed for $2 million/year for three years to become
the highest-paid field correspondent in TV news
TOM BROKAW (NBC):
Reportedly earns over $1 million a year
KATIE COURIC (NBC):
Reportedly earns over $1 million a year
SAM DONALDSON (ABC):
Reportedly earns $2 million a year
BRYANT GUMBEL (NBC):
Reportedly earns well over $1 million a year
PETER JENNINGS (ABC):
Reportedly earns several million dollars a year
TED KOPPEL (ABC):
Reportedly earns $6 million a year
DAN RATHER (CBS):
Reportedly earns $5 million a year on a contract that runs to 2000
DIANE SAWYER (ABC):
According to USA Today , her annual salary is $7 million a year
BARBARA WALTERS:
Reportedly has a base salary range of $4 million with
additional fees for her specials that add up to an annual salary
in the $7 to $8 million range.
Fred Barnes
(Commentator on "CBS This Morning," "The McLaughlin Group"
and "Crossfire") | $5,000 |
Margaret Carlson
(TIME Magazine columnist and member of "The Capital Gang") | $10,000 |
Sam Donaldson
(ABC News Correspondent) | $30,000 |
Howard Fineman
(Frequent panelist on PBS's "Washington Week in Review";
Newsweek columnist) | $5,000 |
David Gergen
earned for
fifty speeches in the first half of 1993
(U.S News Columnist) | $239,000 |
Chris Matthews
(Host of "Politics with Chris Matthews" and a syndicated columnist) | $5,000-$6,000 |
Lisa Myers
(NBC News Correspondent) | $7,500 |
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Clarence Page
(Chicago Tribune columnist and
National Public Radio commentator) | $5,000 -$6,000 |
Cokie Roberts
(ABC News Correspondent) | $20,000 |
Cokie and Steve Roberts
(for joint speech to Chicago's
Northern Trust Bank)
(He is a frequent panelist on
PBS's "Washington Week in Review"
and a former writer for U.S. News)
| $45,000 | |
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Tim Russert
(Host of NBC's "Meet the Press") | $20,000 |
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William Safire
(Panelist on NBC's "Meet the Press" and a New York Times columnist) | $20,000 |
Lesley Stahl
for moderating a 1995 program for CIGNA
(CBS News"60 Minutes" Correspondent)
| $20,000 |
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Mike Wallace
(CBS News "60 Minutes" Correspondent) | $25,000 |
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George Will
in mid-80s if travel involved.
Fees doubled by the1990s
(Commentator on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley"
and syndicated columnist) | $15,000 | |
Judy Woodruff
(CNN Anchor and Correspondent) | $7,500 |
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