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Robin Roberts signs new megadeal with ABC 'worth up to $14 MILLION a year'

  • Good Morning America anchor, 53, 'signed long-term deal quietly'
PUBLISHED: 08:32 EST, 19 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:40 EST, 19 December 2013
Good Morning America host Robin Roberts has reportedly signed a new long-term contract with ABC worth up to $14 million a year.
The mega deal, which Page Six reported to be between $13 million and $14 million, was kept hush hush by network reps, who still refuse to say whether or not one has even been signed.
'Over a month ago, they quietly inked a new, long-term, very high seven-figure deal with Robin that will keep [her] at the company for years to come,' a source told Page Six. 
'It was a friendly negotiation. Robin’s been [at ABC News] for over 20 years... and will be a leader there for a very long time to come.'
Deals: Robin Roberts, front left, has reportedly signed a new deal with ABC worth up to $14 million. Her co-hosts Josh Elliott, top left, and Lara Spencer, top right, are also in the process of negotiating deals
Deals: Robin Roberts, front left, has reportedly signed a new deal with ABC worth up to $14 million. Her co-hosts Josh Elliott, top left, and Lara Spencer, top right, are also in the process of negotiating deals
They added that Roberts, 53, who took off six months from the show for a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with cancer, was grateful for the network's support when she was ill.
But she also made it clear that she wanted a 'fair deal' from execs, the source told the paper.

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It added that a representative claimed that the deal was actually for below $10 million, but other sources refuted this.
Roberts' battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) has been a central story on the morning show, with cameras following her throughout her treatment.
Popular: This week Robin Roberts and fellow host Josh Elliott met Pope Francis outside the Vatican
Popular: This week Robin Roberts and fellow host Josh Elliott met Pope Francis outside the Vatican
She underwent several sessions of chemotherapy, and on September 20, 2012, she had a marrow transplant from her sister Sally-Ann, before returning to the show part-time in February.
After several setbacks and returns to the hospital, she went on vacation to Maui, Hawaii, with a group of friends in August for some time to recuperate.
This year, on the anniversary of the successful transplant, GMA threw her a one-year birthday party.
She also resumed her five-day-a-week schedule this past September.
Despite her turbulent past year, Roberts, who joined the network in 1995, has kept busy and announced in May that she will publishing a memoir, set to hit shelves in April 2014.
Support: Roberts took off six months to undergo a bone marrow transplant and thanked ABC for its support
Support: Roberts took off six months to undergo a bone marrow transplant and thanked ABC for its support
Revelations about her latest deal with the network comes at the same time that the show is also having to negotiate deals with other hosts of the show, Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer.
With the show taking the number one spot in the ratings, sources said the question is now whether the network is willing to commend the work of the other hosts with similarly high pay checks.
The other anchors are believed to have begun talks with ABC, although there had been reports that they were also looking at other networks.
George Stephanopoulos is believed to be signed to the network through 2014.
GMA has long held the top position among the morning show ratings. For the week of December 2, 5.874 million people turned in compared to the Today show's 5.213 million and CBS' 3.112 million.



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I wonder how much money she will give the American Cancer Society? 1 Million, 5 Million?? they have made her famous! I could not care less about comments as to her contribution to the show. I do not watch the show.

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Robin Roberts is the most overrated person on TV news. They act like she is the only woman in the world that has had cancer. When she is on I get off the channel as fast as I can.

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Selling yourself in a time when most can't or even make have the ability to make money cause they are soooo sick...... Guess it pays off....if you make it. Congrats I guess.

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Who??? For what????

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If you don't know, then you should crawl back into that cave you've apparently been living in for the last few years.

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Who?

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Ever since she came back from her hiatus we have quit watching GMA, it has turned into one big RR commercial!!!

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Ever since she came back we have quit watching the show, nothing but a Robin Roberts commercial anymore

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Oh for crying out loud, get a grip my British friends. Have you any idea at all what this woman has done for cancer awareness? And for, well, this,comes to mind, likely saving Amy Robach's life? And have you any idea at all how many folks start their day with her because Matt Lauer, on Today, who is BTW paid twice what she will make, is frivolous, mean, abrupt, snarky, hurtful, and regardless of all the PR you get over there across the pond, likely responsible for Ann Curry's removal? And if you don't like what American media types make, then pay yours better, or stop bitching. When a woman who hails from Pass Christian, Mississippi makes it into the big time it is in fact in the USA truly a big deal. Kinda like one of your folks making it out of one of your high-rise, truly grim projects. So, again, get a grip.


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