In the end there can be only one…

NY Post:

April 26, 2007 — Rosie wanted Barbara’s job.
Rosie O’Donnell approached ABC during new contract negotiation last winter about getting rid of Barbara Walters and taking over “The View,” according to several ABC sources close to the situation.
On yesterday’s edition of the daily coffee klatch, O’Donnell and Walters announced that Rosie would leave the show in June, after failing to agree on a new deal with the network.
ABC had wanted her to stay for three more years, but O’Donnell wanted to sign up for only one, they said.
But the pair were not telling the whole story, claim sources both inside ABC and around the close-knit daytime-TV industry.
“They’re talking [publicly] about how they couldn’t come to terms . . . but . . . her leaving had nothing to do with that,” an insider said.
While Walters is the creator and co-executive producer of “The View” with Disney-owned ABC, the business side of the show is controlled by ABC brass.
Had ABC officials chosen, they could have bought out Walters’ share of “The View” to keep O’Donnell happy, the source said.