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CNN’s Erin Burnett is apparently not a morning person.
The cable anchor is said to be demanding a hefty pay raise if the network's new CEO, Jeff Zucker, moves her from her prime time slot at 7pm to the co-host CNN's revamped morning show with Chris Cuomo.
Sources told the New York Post that Ms Burnett's $2.5 million contract with CNN includes a clause requiring her show to air in prime time and the cable network would need to offer her an attractive buyout to get her to budge.
Shakeup: Jeff Zucker (right) supposedly thinks that Erin Burnett (left) is a ‘real talent’ and that she could be the one to end the ratings slump but Burnett won't make a move unless CNN coughs up more money
New life: Erin Burnett married Citigroup executive David Rubulotta, right, in December 2012. The newlywed supposedly doesn't want to have to work the morning shift at CNN
Reports emerged in late January that Zucker, former Today show executive producer, had his eye on Burnett, 36, for the am slot.
The new CNN chief, who was appointed president last November and resumed his duties on January 1, decided to revamp the cable network's morning lineup and get rid of Starting Point, hosted by Soledad O’Brien.
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Former ABC News journalist Chris Cuomo will move to the new morning show but is in need of a partner.
Burnett, who is recently married and has no children, is Zucker's top choice for the co-host opening but she has reportedly told her staff that she doesn't want to make the move to mornings.
Change: Zucker has moved Chris Cuomo (left) to the morning slot that will push Soledad O'Brien (right) out of the CNN morning show, Starting Point, that currently runs from 7am to 9am
Burnett, a former financial analyst, got her big break on CNBC hosting the morning business show Squawk on the Street.
She left the Peaco*ck Network for CNN in 2011.
With a primetime post detailed in her contract, she is said to be angling to get a buyout with a higher salary offering.
The 7pm show Erin Burnett OutFront started in October 2011 but has not made a mark in the ratings
Her Erin Burnett OutFront show regularly gets twice as many viewers as she did on CNBC.
Early days: The journalist got her start hosting CNBC's morning business show Squawk on the Street
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