Conan O'Brien pays salaries of 80 people

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julia posted on Nov 30th 2007 4:24PM; via variety.com/article/VR11179767...

Conan O'Brien pays salaries of 80 people

As the Writers Guild of America strike drags on, Conan O’Brien is bringing some holiday cheer to his late-night talk show staff, pledging to cover the salaries of his non-writing production workers—nearly 80 people in all.

NBC, which airs the comedian’s talk show Late Night with Conan O’Brien, agreed to cover the salaries through the end of November, and O’Brien, 44, will personally pick up the tab for the foreseeable future, according to Variety.

O’Brien is said to be grateful for the loyalty many of those staffers have shown over the years. Many of them are expected to accompany him to the West Coast when he takes over as host of The Tonight Show in 2009.

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	iwillworkcameraforfood says: This just goes to show you what scumbags these "writers" are. They could care less about all the people who will get laid off or fired... as long as they get a few more bucks than they're already inflated salaries/contracts give them. Now good people like Conan have to pony up for the other employees. Posted: 11/30/07 16:30
	Oh yeah? says: Well one thing the writers have on you is the ability to differentiate between "their" and "they're." Conan's a member of the WGA. That would lump him in with the "scumbags." The real enemy is NBC, it wouldn't kill them to pay the people responsible for creating the content that keeps the executives rich. Posted: 12/01/07 10:12

iwillworkcameraforfood says:

This just goes to show you what scumbags these "writers" are. They could care less about all the people who will get laid off or fired... as long as they get a few more bucks than they're already inflated salaries/contracts give them. Now good people like Conan have to pony up for the other employees.
Posted: 11/30/07 16:30

Oh yeah? says:

Well one thing the writers have on you is the ability to differentiate between "their" and "they're."

Conan's a member of the WGA. That would lump him in with the "scumbags."

The real enemy is NBC, it wouldn't kill them to pay the people responsible for creating the content that keeps the executives rich.
Posted: 12/01/07 10:12