Television industry power agency N.S. Bienstock – run by Richard Leibner, they rep, like, everyone, including Dan Rather, Bill O'Reilly, Paula Zahn, and Diane Sawyer – is currently negotiating the exit deals for a whole slew of MSNBC staffers. One source is calling the severance packages "tight," and says the bulk of them will likely include a few weeks pay and 12 months of medical benefits (i.e. GE will pay for their first year of COBRA).

Extra holiday bonus: They won't have to commute to Secaucus. Oh, wait, they already gave them that perk.