Broadcasting & Cable, September 10th, 2001
Fox fires Zahn and sues her agentfor contract breach; she signs with CNN
The announcement that Paula Zahn was moving from Fox's cable news network to CNN came, in her estimation, about six months early.
"I'm as surprised as anyone to be here today," she told reporters last Thursday, one day after Fox News Channel fired her for negotiating with CNN, which also cleared the way for her to figure into CNN'S plans for a new morning show. Her press conference, at CNN's New York facilities, took place on the same day Fox filed a lawsuit against her representatives, the prominent talent agency N.S...
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