My favorite liberal democrat story.
It was revealed today that the Today co-host - who earns $30million a year for his role - will not be saving jobs at the morning show by offering to take slash his salary - despite Matt being one of the reasons the show is in trouble.
A number of employees were handed their pink slips on Monday at the same time it was announced 500 employees, or 1.5 per cent of its work force, will be cut.
A source told RadarOnline:'It's only a matter of time before job cuts are made in the NBC news division, which includes the Today show.
'Staffers are convinced there will be significant job losses because of the cost-cutting measures that are being done across the board by Comcast, which now owns a majority stake in NBC.
'The crew believes that some of the potential cuts could be avoided if Matt agreed to a pay cut. His salary is a whopping $30 million dollars a year, and it’s seriously crippling the show.
'But he has made it pretty clear that he won’t take a pay decrease, so instead the staffers are in line for the chop.'
Two months ago, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno eliminated about two dozen of its crew in an effort to reduce the late-night program's budget.
Leno took a voluntary 50 per cent pay cut, which single-handedly slimmed the show's overall budget by 20 per cent. Even with this, 20 staff members lost their jobs.
Not pleased: Though Matt Lauer tried to assure Curry of her contributions to the show, it was clear to viewers that she was shown the door
See more of it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...efusing-pay-cut.html