The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors of All Time

Rachel Maddow: $20M

Rachel Maddow was the first openly lesbian news anchor to host a major primetime program. Maddow has hosted The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC since 2008. Her talk radio show of the same name from 2005 to 2010. 

Barbara Walters: $150M

Barbara Walters is one of the most famous female broadcasters of all-time. Walters began hosting television in the early 1960s, earning notoriety for her high-profile interviews, including an interview with Monica Lewinsky in 1999 that attracted the most viewers in TV history. She is best known for her time on Today, ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters retired from broadcast journalism in 2015.

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