Why Hoda Kotb’s ‘Today’ Show Exit Is Real Start of TV Anchor ‘Bloodbath’
Top Stories Tamfitronics A brutal truth was submerged within the river of tears on Thursday's Today show after Hoda Kotb announced her departure after six years of co-anchoring the main 7 a.m.-9 a.m. show. Her exit starkly symbolizes how the era of the all-powerful morning TV anchor is coming to an end.“Next year’s going to be a bloodbath,” a news executive inside 30 Rock told the Daily Beast, referencing the top-dollar salaries news anchors have commanded for years. “All these big moneymakers, they’re all gone.”Kotb inked a $7 million-a-year deal in 2018 when she took over the Today gig, according to Page Six (she also presents the fourth-hour of Todayfirst alongside Kathie Lee Gifford, and now Jenna Bush Hager). Her main show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie reportedly makes “significantly more than” $8 million a year, according...
