The Salaries of All the Popular News Anchors

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$5 million

At 80 years old, Tom Brokaw was an active journalist for NBC from 1960 to 2021. Even though he abandoned the position of co-host of NBC Nightly News in 2004 where he made $11 million annually (adjusted for inflation), he continued to make $5 million annually from NBC for broadcasting occasional special reports.

Tom Brokaw

Brokaw has a net worth of $85 million and is the only person to have hosted all three of NBC’s most popular programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and Meet the Press. He held the position of anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years, but he isn't only a journalist. In 1998, Brokaw published his first historical book titled The Greatest Generation. Plus, in 2014, then-President Barack Obama awarded Brokaw the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Did you know...

  • Have you ever wondered who prints the most money? That would be Hasbro, as in the makers of Monopoly. Hasbro prints more Monopoly money in a given year than there is money in the entire world. Each set of the game comes with $20,580. Bet you didn’t know you had that much money lying around the house!
  • It's an understatement to say that the odds when playing the lottery are not in your favor. You are statistically three times more likely to die in a car accident while driving 10 miles to buy a lottery ticket than you are to actually win. Even more astounding, over half the tickets in an average lottery draw are bought by only 5% of the participants.
  • Once you've handled all your money, you should probably wash your hands. Money is some of the dirtiest things that we own. In fact, it's been found to be dirtier than a household toilet! During flu season, the virus can live on a bill for up to 17 days. That's just plain disgusting!
  • The most expensive hotel room in the world (the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland) costs $83,200 a night. That's $58 per minute for a stay! Good thing it has 12 bedrooms, 12 baths, a wraparound terrace, a Steinway piano, and an assigned private staff (including a chef)!
  • There are over 1.6 million automated teller machines around the world. And that really does mean the entire world. There are even two ATMs on Antarctica at McMurdo Station operated by Wells Fargo. Friday is the most popular day that ATMs are used worldwide, and the average withdrawal is around $80.