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Yahoo
08-04-2025
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Who's in and Who's out at MSNBC as SpinCo Spin-Off Looms
MSNBC's final separation from the NBCUniversal News Group is fast approaching. As part of the temporarily titled SpinCo entity, both networks are rebuilding their staffs and newsgathering infrastructure. MSNBC alone is in the process of hiring more than 100 journalists, and is also on the hunt for new office and studio space. The move away from NBC News' home at 30 Rock also means that on-air talent that appeared on both networks have had to decide whether they'll remain with MSNBC or join NBC News. Here is a running list of the Newsers who will be part of MSNBC and those who are staying with NBC News after the SpinCo split. This list will be updated as new announcements are made. (All times cited are Eastern.) Rachel MaddowMaddow signed a deal to remain with MSNBC last fall. Currently appearing five nights a week for the first 100 days of the second Donald Trump administration, she'll shift back to a Monday-only schedule in May. Alex WagnerAlex Wagner Tonight was cancelled in a recent programming reshuffle, but Wagner will stay with MSNBC as a senior political analyst. Jen PsakiPsaki will inherit Wagner's former Tuesday-Friday 9 p.m. time slot in May. Katy Tur Katy Tur Reports expands by an hour, airing from 2 to 4 p.m. Chris Jansing Jansing will continue to anchor Chris Jansing Reports Weekdays from 12 to 2 p.m. Ana CabreraCabrera's weekday show expands by an hour from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Katie PhangPhang will lose her weekend show as a result of MSNBC eliminating its broadcast operations in Miami, but remains onboard as a legal correspondent. Antonia HyltonHylton moves from NBC News to MSNBC, where she will serve as a network correspondent and co-host of The Weekend's 6 p.m. edition. Elise JordanJordan leaves her role as an NBC News political analyst to join MSNBC as a network contributor and co-host of The Weekend's 6 p.m. edition. José Díaz-BalartDíaz-Balart's MSNBC show will cease airing as the network closes its Miami operations, but he will remain the anchor of NBC News' Weekend Nightly News. Steve KornackiFormerly a staple of MSNBC's Election Night coverage, Kornacki will be chief data analyst for NBC News and NBC Sports.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MSNBC Layoffs Target 99 Union Staffers, WGA East Claims
Amid a broad reshuffle of its programming lineup, MSNBC is initiating 'mass layoffs' of 99 employees who are members of the WGA East, the union said Tuesday. Over the past two days, according to WGA East, 'we learned that MSNBC is starting mass layoffs of 99 of our union colleagues from at least nine different shows. This devastating news comes after the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network's broadcast lineup.' More from Variety Keith Olbermann Slams MSNBC for Cutting Ties With Joy Reid and Other POC Hosts: 'A Purge So Brutally Racist It Makes You Think It Was Done by Musk' Rachel Maddow Sounds Off on Major MSNBC Line-Up Changes and Exit of Joy Reid: 'I Think It Is a Bad Mistake to Let Her Walk Out the Door' Jen Psaki Moves to Primetime Weekdays in MSNBC Overhaul Among other changes, Comcast-owned MSNBC is removing Joy Reid and Alex Wagner from its primetime lineup. Meanwhile, Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who joined MSNBC in 2023, is moving into the network's 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday. Affected staffers at the cable news outlets work on the following shows: 'The ReidOut,' 'Alex Wagner Tonight,' 'The Weekend,' 'Andrea Mitchell Reports,' 'Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,' 'Weekends With Jonathan Capehart,' 'The Katie Phang Show,' 'Jose Diaz-Balart Reports' and 'Inside With Jen Psaki.' MSNBC reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the layoffs. On MSNBC's air Monday night, longtime anchor Rachel Maddow criticized the changes and said some of the network's 'most experienced, most talented' producers are facing layoffs. WGA East's statement said, 'Although the Company has acknowledged that there are plenty of job openings at MSNBC, it has cruelly insisted that the workers slated for layoff must reapply for their jobs to remain employed. The MSNBC Union demands the Company not lay off any of the employees it has slated to be laid off but rather reassign them as needed. In the event that any employees are not retained, we demand the Company follow the layoff provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that it entered into with the Union.' On Sunday evening, President Trump on social media unleashed a tirade attacking MSNBC, along with Reid (whom he called a 'mentally obnoxious racist') and Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts (whom he called a 'lowlife'). 'This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party,' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. 'They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they've done to our Country. Fake News is an UNPARDONABLE SIN!' Word of layoffs 'comes against the backdrop of the President of the United States making direct threats against MSNBC, among other news outlets, and at a time when it has never been more crucial to have a fully staffed newsroom to cover a democracy under attack,' WGA East said. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MSNBC Layoffs Set to Impact 99 Union Staffers, Guild Claims
As MSNBC continues to make major structural changes to its lineup, members of the union representing the cable network's writers and producers say that 99 of their number are slated for cuts. The Writers Guild of America East's bargaining unit at MSNBC decried the 'mass layoffs' on 'at least nine different shows' in a statement on Tuesday. According to the guild, those shows include The ReidOut, Alex Wagner Tonight, The Weekend, Andrea Mitchell Reports, Ayman Mohyeldin Reports, Weekends with Jonathan Capehart, The Katie Phang Show, Jose Diaz-Balart Reports and Inside with Jen Psaki. 'This devastating news comes after the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network's broadcast line-up,' the group wrote. More from The Hollywood Reporter Joy Reid Opens Final MSNBC Show With Message of Resistance: "Fascism Isn't Just Coming, It's Already Here" MSNBC's New Lineup Revealed: Joy Reid Out, Jen Psaki Promoted and 'Weekend' Hosts On the Move Trump Targets Comcast CEO Brian Roberts As MSNBC Plans New Lineup The bargaining unit additionally alleged that the company has told employees who have been targeted for layoffs that they can reapply for their jobs, given that roles remain open at MSNBC. It called for an immediate cessation of the cuts. 'The MSNBC Union demands the Company not lay off any of the employees it has slated to be laid off but rather reassign them as needed,' the group wrote. 'In the event that any employees are not retained, we demand the Company follow the layoff provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that it entered into with the Union.' The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to MSNBC for comment. If 99 workers are indeed laid off, that would make a sizable dent in the union. As of December 2023, when the MSNBC Union's first contract was ratified, the bargaining unit numbered nearly 300 workers. Workers first voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America East in a National Labor Relations Board vote in 2021. Read the full statement from the bargaining unit below. Over the past two days, we learned that MSNBC is starting mass layoffs of 99 of our union colleagues from at least nine different shows. This devastating news comes after the slow, painful trickle of announcements regarding a near-total overhaul of the network's broadcast line-up. Although the Company has acknowledged that there are plenty of job openings at MSNBC, it has cruelly insisted that the workers slated for layoff must reapply for their jobs to remain employed. The MSNBC Union demands the Company not lay off any of the employees it has slated to be laid off but rather reassign them as needed. In the event that any employees are not retained, we demand the Company follow the layoff provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that it entered into with the Union. The news of layoffs comes against the backdrop of the President of the United States making direct threats against MSNBC, among other news outlets, and at a time when it has never been more crucial to have a fully staffed newsroom to cover a democracy under attack. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
