![]() ![]() She told Pompeo “no,” adding, “I don’t know anybody who’s ever asked for it … It’s potentially higher risk, higher reward, right? It’s probably a better deal for in the long run than just doing TRMS-and killing myself and not being able to do anything and-having a shorter career because I’m burning myself out. Last fall, Maddow and her new agents from Endeavor negotiated a reported $30 million annually to scale back her on-air MSNBC primetime duties from daily to weekly-and do more premium long-form projects with NBCUniversal: documentaries and streaming specials, to movies and books-all under the banner of her new independent production company: Surprise Inside.ĭid Maddow think NBCU would give her everything she wanted with this new proposed deal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Topics discussed by VF’s Joe Pompeo and Maddow include her widely-covered new contract with NBCUniversal and how it came to pass, her thoughts on Tucker Carlson, the late Roger Ailes and the future of cable news in general. A wide ranging profile of Rachel Maddow was published in Vanity Fair this past weekend-and it represents the longtime cable news host’s first interview since it was announced that she would be stepping away from her five-night-a-week MSNBC program. ![]()
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