Megyn Kelly Leaves FOX News For NBC, Rejecting $20 Million + Annual Pay Offer To Stay

Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News for NBC The New York Times

One of Fox News biggest stars Megyn Kelly was been wooed to NBC News by chairman Andrew Lack.  Kelly's contract is said to be the biggest negotiation since Katie Couric moved to CBS News in 2006. The move is potentially crushing for Fox, with Kelly being the second-most watched host -- after Bill O'Reilly-- and comes after the recent departure of founding chairman Roger Ailes, who was ousted by Fox owners -- the Rupert Murdoch family -- after serious allegations of extreme sexual harassment by Ailes over decades.

The Murdoch family had offered Kelly over $20 million a year to stay at the network, an amount NBC said they could not match. Kelly responded that money was not her key issue, given the problems at Fox and also the contentious relationship between Megyn Kelly and president-elect Donald Trump.

Kelly will broadcast a Monday through Friday news show, a Sunday evening in-depth show (thankfully Madame Secretary has moved to 10 pm) and participate in all major political programming and big-evemt coverage at NBC.