Gayle King indicators new cope with CBS, spurning CNN

Gayle King signed a brand new contract with CBS, she mentioned Friday, ending hypothesis about whether or not she’d depart her seat on the community’s morning present.

The “CBS Mornings” co-host has agreed to a brand new contract that may preserve her on the Tiffany Community for the foreseeable future, she advised listeners on her SiriusXM radio present on Friday.

“I formally signed on the dotted line,” King mentioned. “So I might be with CBS a bit bit longer.”

King, who earns an annual wage of $13 million per yr, drew curiosity from potential suitors, together with CNN boss Jeff Zucker. Her present contract was resulting from expire in April. It is not clear what she’ll make below the brand new settlement.

Zucker approached King’s representatives to gauge his curiosity in taking up the 9 pm time slot that has been vacant because the firing of Chris Cuomo final month, The Submit confirmed.

Zucker hoped King would assist CNN make up floor within the cable information rankings battle that’s being dominated by Fox Information, notably in prime time, in line with a report.

Cuomo was booted after it was realized that he helped his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, strategize on countering claims that he sexually harassed a former aide.

King’s earlier contract, which paid her $13 million yearly, which was resulting from expire in April, prompting hypothesis that she would ignite a bidding battle from potential suitors.Getty Photographs for Selection

As a substitute, King will stay at her present job co-hosting CBS’s morning present alongside Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson.

King, 67, advised her listeners on satellite tv for pc radio that she was “courted” by different media entities, however finally determined to remain put.

“There’s a number of hypothesis about ‘what Gayle’s gonna do, the place is she gonna go, is she being courted?'” King mentioned. “The reply was sure.”

Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN after it was realized that he suggested his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on methods to refute sexual harassment allegations. NBCU Picture Financial institution/NBC Common by way of

After a stint as a correspondent for ABC’s “Good Morning America,” King joined CBS Information in 2012, when she was tapped to co-host “CBS This Morning” alongside Norah O’Donnell and Charlie Rose.

She has scored a number of distinguished interviews, together with an unique sit-down with singer R. Kelly after he was arrested and charged with varied intercourse crimes in 2019.

King was praised for her poise through the session through which Kelly exploded in rage whereas denying sexual assault allegations.

Zucker reportedly hoped King would assist CNN make up floor within the cable information rankings battle that’s being dominated by Fox Information.Getty Photographs

Alongside her morning duties within the morning, King can even host “CBS Experiences,” a brand new sequence that might be accessible on the community’s CBS Information Streaming service.

“CBS Mornings” lags behind its opponents. It averages 2.6 million each day viewers — trailing NBC’s “As we speak” and second-place “Good Morning America.”