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Martin to leave KABC
The highly anticipated bidding war for KABC-TV&#;s Ann Martin took an unexpected turn Thursday, with station management notifying the news staff that it would replace the highly regarded anchor when her contract expires in mid-April.
KABC general manager Alan Nesbitt said hetook the surprise action because he could not reach an agreement with Martin&#;s agent, attorney Ed Hookstratten.
Nesbitt wouldn&#;t comment on specifics of the KABC offer, but sources said the Capital Cities/ABC-owned station was willing from the beginning to pay the 18 -year station vet, who anchors the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts, $ million-$ million annually under a new 5-year deal &#; a substantial increase over her current $ , salary. The station also offered to provide Martin with network fill-in anchoring duties.
With KABC out of the picture, KCBS-TV is now considered to be the front-runner for Martin&#;s services.
Firm deal
Sources said the third-place O&O has offered her a firm deal that could start at $ million or $ million annually (encompassing a huge signing bonus), escalating to as high as $ million by the final year.
The network also likely would kick in some money (possibly $ ,$ , a year) toward the total, which would be a market record for a male or f
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Ann Martin (journalist)
American journalist
Ann Martin (born Martha Gebhardt) is a former journalist and a news anchor for the CBS owned-and-operated KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV television stations in Los Angeles, California.
Martin was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Everett, Washington, where her father, Paul Marmont, worked at the former Everett Western Gear facility. She attended the nearby University of Washington, where she majored in communications and earned a Bachelor of Arts in
Shortly after graduation, Martin began her broadcasting career at KIRO-TV as a weather-caster for the station's morning newscasts. She became the first woman in the Seattle market to solo anchor a newscast when she was promoted to weekend co-anchor.[citation needed]
After reporting and anchoring for KIRO for several years, Martin moved to Los Angeles in April to work for KABC-TV as a reporter. She began co-anchoring the Saturday editions of Eyewitness News. In the fall of , KABC expanded its news to three hours on weeknights, and Martin began co-anchoring the 5 p.m. hour with Paul Moyer; the on-air partnership would last for almost 12 years until Moyer's return to rival KNBC-TV in , in which Harold Greene replaced Moyer.
During her years at KABC, Martin also had bri
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