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Megyn Kelly Leaving Fox News for NBC

January 3, 2017

Megyn Kelly, who arrived at Fox News 12 years ago as a television news neophyte but seemingly rose to stardom during the 2016 presidential nomination process, has decided to leave the network to take on a broad new role at NBC News for an undisclosed salary.

 

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack reportedly offered Ms. Kelly a triple role in which she will host her own daytime news and discussion program, anchor an in-depth Sunday night news show and take regular part in the network's special political programming and other big-event coverage.

 

The move will herald a seismic shift in the cable news landscape, where Ms. Kelly had become the 2nd most watched host, and will upend Fox News's vaunted prime-time lineup – which just a few months was whipsawed by the departure of the its powerful founding chairman, Roger Ailes.

 

Fox News's parent company, 21st  Century Fox, which is controlled by the family of Rupert Murdoch, had offered Ms. Kelly more than $20 million a year to stay after her current contract expires this year. Rival networks seeking to hire Ms. Kelly away, including NBC News, had made it clear that they could not match that money from Fox, the cable news leader for the last 15 years running.

 

Ms. Kelly's contract is not officially up until the summer, and it was unclear whether Fox News would release her from any contractual commitments that might delay her start at a rival.