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Friday, August 9, 2013

Local TV Newsrooms Salaries Fell In 2012

Newsroom salaries fell in 2012.  The latest data to shed light on local television economics comes from the new RTNDA/Hofstra University annual surveys of television newsrooms.


Overall, television news salaries fell about 2%, the same percentage they gained in 2011. News writers and news assistants enjoyed the biggest gains—16% and 13% respectively—from 2011. Top news managers lost ground. News directors’ salaries were down 2.3%, assistant news directors’ salaries were down 6.7% and executive producers’ dropped 9.1%. Salaries of news and sports anchors remained the same.

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