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Clock is TikTok-ing on highly paid talent

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Katie Feeney parlayed her social media success into an ESPN gig

TIKTOKERS and other social media influencers are coming for the jobs of highly paid TV anchors, insiders tell The National ENQUIRER!

ESPN started the trend, hiring TikTok phenom Katie Feeney, a recent college grad with 14 million followers who shot to fame covering Penn State and Washington Commanders football.

“Executives saw what happened with Katie at ESPN — the engagement, the reach, the headlines,” a top TV source reveals. “They’re using that as a test balloon and the talk is they are already embarking on finding their next generation of online stars [who will] become on-air news personalities.”