$600,000 For 20 Minutes Work – Ronna McDaniel Likely to Have Significant Payday
As we noted yesterday, assuming the general termination clause in any employment contract exists, Ronna McDaniel is likely to get fully paid the terms of her 2-year previously signed contract amount as her firing was simply a breech by the hiring company, NBC.
Politico is reporting the former RNC chair is likely to receive exactly that. Her two-year contract was for $300,000/yr totaling $600,000.
McDaniel was fired after one Meet the Press interview less than 20 minutes in duration. Now she will likely get the full contract payment.
Politico – […] The ramifications of NBC’s decision yesterday to part ways with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel just two days after her paid network debut on “Meet the Press” are just starting to shake out. But they could be expensive.
McDaniel expects to be fully paid out for her contract — two years at $300,000 annually — since she did not breach its terms, according to a person close to McDaniel. That means that her single, not-quite-20-minute interview Sunday could cost NBC more than $30,000 per minute, or $500 per second.
That might be just the beginning of the fallout following yesterday’s announcement from NBCUniversal News Group Chair Cesar Conde that the deal, first announced on Friday, would be canceled. McDaniel spoke yesterday with Bryan Freedman, renowned lawyer to the estranged cable-news stars, to discuss legal options even beyond recouping the dollar value of her contract.
While no arrangement is final, the person close to McDaniel said, Freedman would be an obvious choice: He represented Megyn Kelly in her own acrimonious parting with NBC, as well as ousted anchors Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson in disputes with their respective former networks.
McDaniel, the person said, is exploring potential defamation and hostile work environment torts after MSNBC’s top talent — momentarily her colleagues — took turns Monday blasting her on air.
NBC declined to comment about the $600,000 figure or her potential claims. (read more)
It’s enough to make you wonder if this entire NBC fiasco was just a purposeful laundering of money for previous services rendered.
Instead of going the book deal route, McDaniel gets hired by NBC then fired without cause a few days later.
Cha-ching, $600k, and NBC gets all the eyeballs and clicks that go with the hot mess story.
Intentional?
You decide.
Suspicious Cat remains, well, suspicious…
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