Less than a week after reports of her upcoming exit broke, it was revealed that NBC News is reportedly planning to pay Ann Curry $10 million to leave "Today."

The New York Post published news of the rumored deal on Monday. The paper notes that the $10 million figure is what she would have made in her last year under her original three-year contract. The final terms of the deal, however, have not yet been announced.

Curry won't be the first person to accept a sizable buyout for stepping down from a show -- and the reported figure isn't the biggest either. Below, see some of the media figures who have negotiated generous payouts from their networks.

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  • Josh Howard

    CBS News is believed to have settled with Howard, the executive producer of "60 Minutes Wednesday," for over $2 million. He was asked to resign over Dan Rather's controversial report about Bush in the National Guard. In his memoir, Rather writes that those who fired received generous six to seven-figure payouts.

  • Keith Olbermann

    Sources familiar with the terms of Keith Olbermann's departure from MSNBC said that<a href="http://www.newser.com/story/110412/keith-olbermanns-exit-deal-7m-no-tv-for-months.html" target="_hplink"> the former host received over $7 million</a> as part of his severance package.

  • Lou Dobbs

    CNN <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/dobbs_got_to_quit_LOBEhi0KhBVvzqxDoxbPWI">reportedly paid</a> Lou Dobbs $8 million to leave.

  • Ann Curry

    Less than one week after initial news of her upcoming exit, it was reported that NBC News plans to pay Ann Curry $10 million to leave "Today."

  • "Tonight Show" staff

    O'Brien's staff (about 200 people) <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34970662/ns/today-entertainment/t/obrien-seals-million-deal-quit-tonight/#.T-i5mStYv_h" target="_hplink">split $12 million</a> after the comedian negotiated his exit from the "Tonight Show."

  • Rosie O'Donnell

    O'Donnell <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/own-likely-lose-1429m-year-snl-kagan-says-36449">reportedly took a $15 million payout</a> after OWN canceled her show.

  • Conan O'Brien

    O'Brien walked away from "Tonight" with <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34970662/ns/today-entertainment/t/obrien-seals-million-deal-quit-tonight/#.T-i6gCtYv_g" target="_hplink">$33 million</a>.