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Megyn Kelly, who arrived at Fox News 12 years ago as a television news neophyte but rose to become one of its two biggest stars, has decided to leave the network to take on a broad new role at NBC News for an undisclosed amount, people briefed on the negotiations said on Tuesday.

The NBC News chairman, Andrew Lack, wooed Ms. Kelly away from Fox News by offering her 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 new deal, which NBC is expected to announce imminently, brings to a close the most anticipated television news contract negotiations since Katie Couric signed with CBS News in 2006, for $15 million a year.

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.

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html

That's pretty shocking, as I figured the Ailes exit + O'Reilly's likely retirement next year + the Murdoch sons making a lot of overtures toward would've guaranteed to her staying at Fox for the long haul. Huge blow to Fox News, which was banking on Kelly being the face of the network for years.


edit: oh lord, two other threads already. This is what I get for trying to include quotes and commentary -_-