Now And Then – The Highest Paid TV Personas and Journalists We All Love

Published on 04/16/2020
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Lester Holt (In his early 40’s)

The esteemed journalist who we see regularly on NBC News was born in 1959 in California, where he attended California State University. Holts appeared on Nightly News and moved to NYC where he lives today thanks to a $4 million salary from the network. Max Robinson of ABC News is considered to be his predecessor, who he co-anchored with, becoming the initial African-American anchor to lead a nightly newscast as a steady appearance. A truly notable career!

Lester Holt

Lester Holt

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Bill Hemmer (In his early 30’s)

The Cincinnati-born Hemmer started his way on Fox News network as a reporter and moved all the way up until scoring his own show Bill Hemmer Reports. The 55 years old journalist is a Miami University grad who enjoys a 9 digits salary. Hemmer was born to a Cincinnati, Ohio family, whose father was an executive at a mattress-producing business. He has many siblings, and went to school at Our Lady of Victory, a Catholic institution.

Bill Hemmer

Bill Hemmer

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