MSNBC will retain its identify after it’s spun off from Comcast together with different cable property.
Mark Lazarus, who’s main the brand new firm, advised community staffers of the plans at a gathering right this moment to announce the departure of Rashida Jones because the networks president and the naming of Rebecca Kutler as interim chief, in keeping with a community supply.
Kutler additionally will probably be hiring a head of newsgathering and head of expertise, Lazarus stated. All through its historical past, MSNBC has drawn on correspondents and anchors from sister community NBC Information, which is able to stay a part of Comcast.
The spinoff, introduced in November, is predicted to take a few yr to finish. It additionally will embody USA Community, CNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel.
MSNBC launched in 1996 as a enterprise between NBC Information and Microsoft. It had a heavy emphasis on the then-emerging web, however its primetime finally developed right into a progressive various to right-leaning Fox Information.
