Struggling CNN Forced To Slash Top Hosts’ Salaries ‘Dramatically’

Looks Like Poofer and the crew are going the way of Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and the CNN plus gang.

CNN Plus during better times…. All 29 of them… Hahaha!

New leadership at CNN is looking to trim tens of millions of dollars from its annual spending, and new boss Mark Thompson is telling the network’s on-air talent that he’ll be drastically cutting their salaries in the coming weeks, according to insiders who spoke with The Wrap.

With ratings in free fall, Thompson is set to unleash his promised “revolution” at CNN starting with its talent roster. Top-earning anchors include Anderson Cooper at $20 million, Wolf Blitzer at $15 million, Jake Tapper at $8.5 million, and Chris Wallace at $8 million. Lower-level anchors including John Berman, Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner hold annual salaries between $1 million and $2 million, sources added. Others, like former anchor Don Lemon, have already been cut loose for performance reasons.

Last month, Thompson sent all staff a memo laying out his plans to reorient the network toward digital and subscription services while mentioning that current production costs of its primetime shows “now look difficult to support.”

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