More Cuts at ESPN

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ESPN has cut their offer to Maria Taylor by around half since last year

 

I thought Greenburg and Golic was a decent show. Admittedly both hosts were vanilla but If you are the ESPN morning host you will always be able to attract plenty of good guests. I think a vanilla host with a good guest is better than a hot take guy.

 

One good thing about M&M was the lack of titty jokes or other juvenile smut. Don't need that on my morning drive.

 

Interesting.

This tells me that she's looking beyond sports.

I fully expect Maria Taylor will be an anchor on a morning show (Today, GMA) within three years.

 

On one hand, Taylor almost certainly isn't worth $8M or $5M to me - she's a host and a sideline reporter for a variety of ESPN programs. That being said, if you're even thinking about giving her $5M, probably wouldn't have hurt to see if she could anchor a show herself, or do some play by play. You know, if that thought ever entered their head. It wouldn't surprise me if she left ESPN and became a big deal - or not - but she seems like the sort of young talent you keep and give some chances to, if you're cutting the Golics, Wingos and Everetts.

 

Would GMA still be a possibility if the ESPN relationship sours?

 

Perhaps NBC does what it does best. Take a rival threat and neutralize him/her.

Pay her for Today. Shift her to Later Today. She leaves damaged goods.