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Article: Diane Sawyer to Stick With ABC
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 17, 1994
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NEW YORK After weeks of avid courting from rival television networks,
ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer has decided to stay put.
The network did not disclose terms of Sawyer's new multi-year
contract Wednesday, but by some estimates her salary will rise to
between $5 million and $6 million per year. She reportedly had been
earning nearly $3 million per year under the five-year contract that
would have run out this month.
Sawyer will continue on ABC's "PrimeTime Live," the magazine
show she has co-anchored with Sam Donaldson since its premiere in
August, 1989.
But she also will share anchor duties with Barbara Walters and
Peter Jennings on "Turning Point," a ...