https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/816335830805577728
New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg reports:
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly decides to leave Fox News for broad new role at NBC News
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) January 3, 2017
EXCLUSIVE : Megyn Kelly Is Said to Be Leaving Fox News for NBC https://t.co/ujaJo1bCtH
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) January 3, 2017
If true, this could be a pretty major media shakeup. Not only has Kelly been a fixture at Fox News, but she’s also been a ratings powerhouse.
More from the NYT:
Megyn Kelly, who arrived at Fox News 12 years ago as a television news neophyte but rose to become one of its two biggest stars, has decided to leave the network to take on a broad new role at NBC News for an undisclosed amount, people briefed on the negotiations said on Tuesday.
The NBC News chairman, Andrew Lack, wooed Ms. Kelly away from Fox News by offering her a triple role in which she will host her own daytime news and discussion program, anchor an in-depth Sunday night news show and take regular part in the network’s special political programming and other big-event coverage.
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The new deal, which NBC is expected to announce imminently, brings to a close the most anticipated television news contract negotiations since Katie Couric signed with CBS News in 2006, for $15 million a year.
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Stay tuned …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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Update:
It’s on:
https://twitter.com/joepompeo/status/816343056542744576
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Update:
From Kelly herself:
—@megynkelly posts statement on Facebook: "I have decided to end my time at FNC” https://t.co/wieliv6LhQ pic.twitter.com/EuhaxKICRI
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 3, 2017
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Update:
Wow. It looks like the final “Kelly File” will air this Friday:
Update: @MegynKelly spokeswoman says she WILL host her show tonight… Her last day on Fox will be this Friday https://t.co/R5l5mS2MAv
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 3, 2017
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