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Morgan. Lauer. Cooper. They have multimillion-dollar contracts and perfect hair. But which newsmakers deliver the most bang for their boss’s bucks? To find out, The Daily Beast divided the individual salaries of some of the top talking heads by the number of viewers their shows bring in. The results might surprise you.
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Anderson Cooper
"Anderson Cooper 360°"
Network: CNN
Salary: $11 million
Total viewers: 608,000
$ Per viewer: $18.09
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Joe Scarborough
"Morning Joe"
Network: MSNBC
Salary: $4 million
Total viewers: 367,000
$ Per viewer: $10.90
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Piers Morgan
"Piers Morgan Tonight"
Network: CNN
Salary: $6 million
Total viewers: 560,000
$ Per viewer: $10.71
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Sean Hannity
"Hannity"
Network: Fox News
Salary: $15 million
Total viewers: 1.939 million
$ Per viewer: $7.74
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Wolf Blitzer
"The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer"
Network: CNN
Salary: $3 million
Total viewers: 411,000
$ Per viewer: $7.30
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Bill O'Reilly
"The O'Reilly Factor"
Network: Fox
Salary: $20 million
Total viewers: 2.998 million
$ Per viewer: $6.67
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Chris Matthews
"Hardball with Chris Matthews"
Network: MSNBC
Salary: $5 million
Total viewers: 803,000
$ Per viewer: $6.23
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Matt Lauer
"TODAY"
Network: NBC
Salary: $25 million
Total viewers: 4.245 million
$ Per viewer: $5.89
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Mika Brzezinski
"Morning Joe"
Network: MSNBC
Salary: $2 million
Total viewers: 367,000
$ Per viewer: $5.45
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Shepard Smith
"Fox Report and Studio B"
Network: Fox News
Salary: $10 million
Total viewers: 1.877 million
$ Per viewer: $5.33
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Erin Burnett
"OutFront"
Network: CNN
Salary: $2 million
Total viewers: 506,000
$ Per viewer: $3.95
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Ed Schultz
"The Ed Show"
Network: MSNBC
Salary: $4 million
Total viewers: 1.024 million
$ Per viewer: $3.91
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Charlie Rose
"CBS This Morning"
Network: CBS
Salary: $8 million
Total viewers: 2.341 million
$ Per viewer: $3.41
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Bret Baier
"Special Report with Bret Baier"
Network: Fox News
Salary: $7 million
Total viewers: 2.076 million
$ Per viewer: $3.37
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