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WSJ.com is reporting that Conan O’Brien is close to signing a $40,000,000 severance package deal to leave his post at The Tonight Show.
Leaving NBC gives him the option to go to Fox and head up the start of their very own week long late night division.
One option that rarely gets discussed or mentioned is the idea of a cable deal. Conan could do a deal with someone like TBS or FX. If he found the right cable channel, they may be willing to pay quite handsomely to increase their ratings. Much like the Howard Stern / Sirius XM deal, the price might be very high if Conan includes the cable channels into his option list.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
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