Olbermann joins CNN
By Allison Romano -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/10/2002 11:00:00 AM MT
Journeyman broadcaster Keith Olbermann is joining Cable News Network as a contributor to NewsNight with Aaron Brown.
Known for his sharp writing and deadpan delivery, Olbermann will contribute several essays per week to NewsNight.
Olbermann, who made a stormy exit from Fox Sports last year, got his first TV job in 1981 as a CNN sports reporter.
He later spent five years in the mid-1990s with ESPN, anchoring the network's popular SportsCenter highlight show. But after run-ins with ESPN's brass, Olbermann defected to MSNBC in 1997 to host a news show.
Fox Sports lured him back to sports in 1998, reportedly paying him $900,000 per year. Olbermann is also reviving a sports/news radio show for ABC Radio originally hosted by legendary sports broadcaster Howard Cosell.
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