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MEGYN KELLY 'LEAVING FOX NEWS'
Star prime-time anchor wooed away by NBC
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving the cable-news giant to take a position at NBC, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Kelly’s new deal, which NBC is expected to announce soon, will reportedly involve a hosting role in daytime and an anchor position on Sunday nights. The report also claims Kelly will “take regular part in the network’s special political programming and other big-event coverage.”
Kelly is the second-most-watched anchor on cable news, behind only Fox’s Bill O’Reilly.
Kelly was reportedly offered more than $20 million to stay at Fox News by its parent company, 21st Century Fox, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch and his family. Kelly’s contract with Fox expires this summer.
Kelly was apparently “wooed away” by NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack, according to “people briefed on the negotiations.”
The star prime-time anchor achieved national fame and the ire of conservative viewers of Fox News for her coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign.
She tangled with Donald Trump during the first GOP primary debate in August 2015 after she questioned him about his past treatment of women. Trump criticized her on stage and later said in an interview that Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” during the debate.
Trump skipped a Fox News debate over his continued feud with the network and Kelly, but sat down with Kelly for a one-on-one interview later in the campaign.
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