CNN woos NBC anchor O'Brien for 'Morning'
NEW YORK -- CNN has offered NBC and MSNBC anchor Soledad O'Brien the co-anchor slot to replace Paula Zahn on its American Morning show alongside Bill Hemmer, sources familar with the deal said. CNN declined comment. O'Brien's contract at NBC concludes at the end of the month. Zahn will anchor CNN's new American Evening program at 7-9 p.m. when the network introduces the show in the summer. O'Brien has co-anchored NBC's Weekend Today show since July 1999 -- her co-anchor was the late David Bloom, who died in April while covering the war in Iraq. O'Brien also reports for NBC's Nightly News and is a contributing editor to USA Today's Weekend magazine. She started at MSNBC when that network launched in 1996 as anchor of a technology news show, The Site. She later anchored MSNBC's Morning Blend, a two-hour news talk show on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Newsday reported Friday that CNN was "wooing" O'Brien with a $1 million offer, and sources confirmed Friday that the deal had progressed to a firm offer, which she was considering. NBC News declined comment, saying it does not talk about individual contracts.
- 6/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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