Washington, Dec 17 : Yahoo is going to pay American television journalist and talk show host Katie Couric 6 million dollars-a-year to be its " global anchor," according to sources.

The part-time job with the giant Internet portal will be Couric's secondary focus, while the veteran television journalist finishes out the second season of "Katie," her national talk show on ABC, Mashable reports.

Couric has been earning 15 million dollars as an anchor on The CBS Evening News. (ANI)