Interesting. Matt Lauer’s bosses can’t get Ann Curry to have ‘friendly’ lunch with him.
Matt Lauer will be fired by February if ‘Today’ ratings don’t pick up. Replacement sought…
Has Matt Lauer become an unfair target? How he fell from grace…
Matt Lauer is officially hated. Everyone desperate to get him to ‘retire.’
At last! Matt Lauer is getting fired!
Matt Lauer to be scaled back from Today show cause no one likes him anymore.
Matt Lauer might now be replaced at Today show.
Oh really? Ann Curry firing leads to Today Producer Jim Bell being fired after ratings slump.
Ann Curry firing not Matt Lauer’s fault insist Today crew. A turn of attitude?
Matt Lauer would like to remind you it’s every man for himself…
It seems crew and staff at NBC aren’t feeling too rosy about Matt Lauer (does anyone anymore?) as calls for him to take a pay cut from his $30 million annual salary are being met with resistance whilst as many 500 individuals fear for their jobs as NBC is looking to save money on its operations pursuant to a ratings slump that many feel Matt Lauer has helped cause.
With some employees having already received their pink slip as early as this Monday, calls for Matt Lauer have gone unheeded, with some hoping that he would be as benevolent as Jay Leno who volunteered to take a pay cut on the Tonight show after it was revealed earlier last month that NBC were trying to save money in their entertainment division pursuant to less than robust income than initially anticipated.
Told a source to RadarOnline: ‘It’s only a matter of time before job cuts are made in the NBC news division, which includes the Today show.
‘Staffers are convinced there will be significant job losses because of the cost-cutting measures that are being done across the board by Comcast, which now owns a majority stake in NBC.
‘The crew believes that some of the potential cuts could be avoided if Matt agreed to a pay cut. His salary is a whopping $30 million dollars a year, and it’s seriously crippling the show.
‘But he has made it pretty clear that he won’t take a pay decrease, so instead the staffers are in line for the chop.’
Hmm, so much for being a team player. Then again NBC and Matt Lauer did agree on a contract and by rights Matt Lauer shouldn’t have to be asked to be the fall guy as one can assume on the flip had NBC’s income this year being extraordinary that they in turn would not have turned around and offered him another stack of money even if Matt Lauer could be said to have helped produce that extra income.
Yet the real problem here is Matt Lauer is seen by many as having precipitated the loss in viewership with his behind the scenes involvement with getting rid of his previous co anchor, Ann Curry which led to a wide viewer exodus on the show and by extension a loss of revenue directly correlated to Matt Lauer.
Reports the UK’s dailymail: Two months ago, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno eliminated about two dozen of its crew in an effort to reduce the late-night program’s budget.
Leno took a voluntary 50 per cent pay cut, which single-handedly slimmed the show’s overall budget by 20 per cent. Even with this, 20 staff members lost their jobs.
Matt Lauer absence on Today show leads to huge sigh of relief from staff.
The Today show is groveling to have Ann Curry back.
Ann Curry firing now leads to Today show defending Matt Lauer.
Ann Curry gets her revenge as Matt Lauer now said to be forced to take huge pay cut…
Ann Curry fired. Matt Lauer is looking very bad as Today ratings plummet further.
Matt Lauer urged to take a pay cut off his $25 million deal as Today show falters.
Ann Curry fired: Katie Couric slams NBC. But why?
Ann Curry Fired. Looks like Matt Lauer is hated even more as mini revolt at Today heats.
Ann Curry firing. Al Roker now calls Matt Lauer out…
Ann Curry fired: Reunites with Matt at London. Refuses to engage him.
Ann Curry: Now reckons she was fired cause of her flat shoes, gray hair and too multi colored style.
Ann Curry Today show: At last NBC Today show gets a rating boost with Olympics.
Ann Curry fired. Reckons that The Today show are not living up to promises made to her.
Matt Lauer calls Meredith Vieira an ‘Indian giver.’
Ann Curry fired: Feels vindicated as NBC ratings falter at the London Olympics
Ann Curry to return to The Today show after James Holmes shooting.
Ann Curry replacement Savannah Guthrie said to be having debilitating migraines.
Ann Curry fired. Media pundits anxiously await new Nielsen ratings.
Ann Curry live interview with Ladies Home Journal released.
Ann Curry is not missed as NBC insists that they are thrilled with the new anchor team.
Ann Curry Fired: Can NBC still save itself?
Ann Curry Fired: Savannah Guthrie’s ‘Today’ Debut tanks!
Ann Curry’s replacement Savannah Guthrie waxes girlish charm with giggly Matt Lauer
Ann Curry fired: Surfaces with new tweets, inspires more controversy.
What’s wrong with media today?
Ann Curry Fired: Matt Lauer was 100 % behind her ouster from Today show.
Ann Curry fired: NBC executive comes out bashing former Today anchor.
Ann Curry fired and the capitulation of the Today show.
Ann Curry Fired: Matt Lauer and his crocodile tears.
Ann Curry Fired. ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t carry the ball over the finish line…
Matt Lauer’s wife threatened to divorce him if Natalie Morales became Today co anchor.
Ann Curry fired: Officially leaving Today, to make farewell speech imminently.
Ann Curry fired. Lap dances, grumpy fits and behind the scenes back stabbing…
Ann Curry Fired: More upheaval as passed over Natalie Morales set to leave Today show.
Ann Curry Fired: Ann haggling for $20 million exit money and NBC confirms Savannah Guthrie.
Ann Curry Fired. Backstabbed by NBC.
Ann Curry Fired. Refuses to take the hint now fed up NBC will go public.
Ann Curry doesn’t care that she’s fired. “I’m here to stay!’
Ann Curry Fired: ‘Am I not good enough?’
Ann Curry turns up to Today show, acting as if she hasn’t been fired.
Ann Curry fired cause NBC hates her.
Matt Lauer re-signs with the Today show whilst Ann Curry is a goner.
Ann Curry rumored to be fired because her co host Matt Lauer hates her guts.
Here’s a way to save the jobs at NBC,give Matt Lauer a $30 million pay cut, fire his butt! No one is irreplaceable.
People are stopping watching NBC because they consider them the most liberal of all of the medias. We would really like middle of the road reporting.
It was the way Ann Curry was fired. She was terrible. She is better at hard news. NBC does the dumbest things in the world. I am surprised they are still in business.