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Cash Paved Way From Studio to Statehouse

Posted Mar 17, 08 4:45 PM CDT in Arts & Living,  Politics 

(Newser) – Maria Shriver received hundreds of thousands of dollars from NBC after leaving her position as a "Dateline" anchor when her husband became the governor of California, the LA Times reports. Economic statements filed by Schwarzenegger reveal that NBC paid Shriver between $100,000 and $1 million annually from 2004 until she decided not to return to TV news in early 2007.

NBC opted for the exit agreement to leave Shriver the possibility of returning, and because if the network had fired her, it would have been on the hook for her full salary for the 3 years left on her contract. The first lady said she had long intended to return, but the poor taste shown in the frenzy surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith changed her mind: “I just thought to myself, 'This is not where I want to work,'" she said.

Source Los Angeles Times

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California's first lady, Maria Shriver, makes her entrance at a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Feb. 3, 2008, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Journalist Maria Shriver poses on the press line at the International Women's Media Foundation Courage Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
California first lady Maria Shriver speaks at the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women in Long Beach, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Maria Shriver is shown in this 2004 file photo in Berkeley, Calif.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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