{"id":108218,"date":"2024-09-29T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108218"},"modified":"2024-09-29T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T22:33:09","slug":"hoda-kotb-left-today-after-nbc-proposed-salary-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108218","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb Left &#8216;Today&#8217; After NBC Proposed Salary Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hoda Kotb\u2019s surprise announcement this week that she will be stepping down as anchor of NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d was in part due to the network asking her to take a pay cut, Puck News reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/what-hoda-kotbs-today-show-departure-means-for-the-star-anchor-era\/\">According to Puck<\/a>, she earned more than $20 million a year, a salary network executives told her couldn\u2019t be justified anymore thanks to the changing broadcast landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBC executives loved Hoda and knew her value to the brand, but also made clear to her agents that such stratospheric contracts were no longer justifiable given the industry\u2019s inexorable decline,\u201d due in part to the steep ratings decline affecting \u201cToday\u201d and competitors like \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d Puck reported. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/09\/18\/today-continues-to-close-ratings-gap-with-gma-5\/\">In September, 2014<\/a>, \u201cToday\u201d averaged 4.672 million total viewers. However this month, the show averaged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/morning-news-ratings-2024-season\/\">2.536 million<\/a>, despite narrowly beating rivals at other networks.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for NBC didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/hoda-kotb-to-leave-today-show\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Hoda Kotb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hoda.kotb_.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kotb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/hoda-kotb-to-leave-today-show\/\">announced during Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cToday\u201d<\/a> that she will step down and transition into a as-yet unspecified different role at NBC early in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a memo to staff that Kotb also read on-air, she said that made her decision in August after realizing \u201cit was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I write this, my heart is all over the map,\u201d Kotb continued. \u201cI know I\u2019m making the right decision, but it\u2019s a painful one. And you all are the reason why. They say two things can be right at the same time, and I\u2019m feeling that so deeply right now. I love you\u00a0and\u00a0it\u2019s time for me to leave the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kotb has spent 10 of her 26 years at NBC at \u201cDateline,\u201d seven on the 7 a.m. \u201cToday\u201d hour and 16 on the 10 a.m. hour. She helped launch the show\u2019s fourth hour alongside Kathie Lee Gifford and Jenna Bush Hager.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/hoda-kotb-left-today-show-nbc-salary-cut\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoda Kotb\u2019s surprise announcement this week that she will be stepping down as anchor of NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d was in part due to the network asking her to take a pay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108218\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}