(NYPOST) — Yahoo’s round of cutbacks this week is putting renewed pressure on Katie Couric, the global news anchor who is pulling in $10 million a year.
There was grumbling in the ranks recently, several sources said, as Yahoo axed popular magazine verticals and laid off workers while retaining the high-priced anchor.
For many observers, it was a case of déjà vu. Couric, these people noted, pulled in $15 million a year as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” — while the Tiffany Network was slashing jobs on its news desk.
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