ABC's Peter Jennings faces pay cut

[lee635]

As it stands, fellow ABC News correspondents have been asked to accept 25% pay cuts, and the 63-year-old Jennings, who is negotiating his renewal with ABC News president David Westin and Walt Disney Co. president Robert Iger, apparently would be no exception.

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[Mike]

How about firing the guy? If anyone has seen him on backhaul satellite yelling at his assistant to get him a pen then you wouldn't be a fan of his either. Brokaw - # 1, Rather # 500, Jennings - # 1000 in my very informal poll. :)

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have seen all three on Backhauls. I use to have on tape Dan rather picking his nose.

I think their job is harder then it looks.

I dont care for Peter Jennings myself, his voice puts me to sleep.

[MarkA]

LOL Scott!

[wavehawk]

Disney can afford to buy Fox family but they cant afford to pay the talent ? Lately ABC has been treating the news department like a red headed stepchild, just recently the Letterman and Kopel deal now this. who wants to work for that Mickey Mouse network anyway, sorry I couldnt resist . Curick at NBC gets a big fat raise but over at ABC its tighten your belts boys.

[Rage]

As the old die out so will network news. There won't be any network news IMO in a few years because the younger audience has rejected it. Their biggest group of watchers are the old who got into the habit of watching news everynight at 6:30 because that was the only time it was on before cable. So your news will have to come by the newspaper, radio, internet, and/or cable news channels.

I'll read from a teleprompter for 1 million a year although I couldn't lie through my teeth for any amount.