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NYT Reveals Dianna Russini’s Jaw-Dropping Salary In New Story on Mike Vrabel Drama originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.. Dianna Russini’s tenure at The Athletic ended in infamy, but not before she made a ton of money.. . . . Russini, of course, resigned from The Athletic in April amid the media outlet’s investigation into her apparent extramarital affair with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. That investigation is ongoing, but with a conclusion potentially on the horizon, The Athletic’s parent company, the New York Times, published a lengthy report about Russini on Wednesday.. In the piece, Times journalists Katie Rosman and Ken Belson revealed details on the salary that Russini earned while with The Athletic.. “The tabloid drama stunned the Times Company,” Rosman and Belson wrote. “Ms. Russini was not just any reporter. The Athletic paid her an annual salary of close to $800,000, according to a former manager who had knowledge of her salary negotiation. This would have made her one of the highest-paid journalists at the Times Company.. “She had been promoted as a face of the sports publication, which the company bought in 2022 for $550 million as part of an effort to expand the Times’s reach to sports fans around the world. At the time the story broke, The Athletic was in discussions with Ms. Russini about renewing her contract, which was set to expire at the end of June.”. We’ll never know whether Russini’s contract would’ve been renewed and/or increased had the Vrabel controversy never happened. But it probably is fair to assume it would’ve, given her relevance in the NFL media landscape and her then-status as The Athletic’s senior NFL insider.. . . . As Vrabel, he and the Patriots are enjoying a summer break before returning in late July for the start of training camp.. More NFL: Patriots Reportedly ‘Love’ This Second-Year Player, Expect Major Breakout
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