Janelle Rodriguez is adding oversight of MSNBC dayside to her plate. Rodriguez, joined NBC from CNN in late 2014 as SVP of editorial for NBC News. She continues in that role while taking on her new MSNBC duties.
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MSNBC Sees Most Total Day Growth In February
In 2015, primary debates fueled massive ratings increases for Fox News and CNN, while MSNBC began to rebuild.
NEW YORK (AP) — Coming out of a commercial break shortly before 11:20 a.m., Brian Williams had slipped into the anchor chair on MSNBC Tuesday as President Barack Obama met […]
NBC News and MSNBC shook up its ranks on Tuesday, parting ways with NBC’s digital chief Julian March and MSNBC.com executive editor Richard Wolffe. NBC-MSNBC Chairman Andy Lack has named Nick Ascheim SVP for digital; he comes over from BBC Worldwide, where he was SVP for consumer digital.
NBCUniversal isn’t finished tinkering with MSNBC. While the cable-news network’s daytime schedule has largely been reworked since February, there are likely more changes to come, said Andrew Lack, the veteran TV news executive who rejoined the company in April to supervise both NBC News and MSNBC. “It’s just the beginning. We are early days.”
MSNBC confirmed several employees have had to move due to the construction of the breaking news hub, and that some would be relocated permanently. According to sources with MSNBC, entire teams had to change location to accommodate the renovations, with reporters and producers from different divisions mingling amid the construction.
MSNBC had been looking toward coverage of the pope’s visit as the place to start him in his new job of covering breaking news stories during the cable news network ‘s daylight hours.
NEW YORK (AP) — Al Sharpton is losing his daily show on MSNBC, with the network saying he’ll be downshifted to the weekend. Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” has aired at 6 […]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that five years after branding itself the “lean forward” cable news network for liberals, MSNBC is taking a step back. The channel is gutting the bulk of its daytime schedule of partisan political talk in favor of straight news. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.
It’s been six months since Williams was suspended without pay by NBC News for telling an exaggerated story about a helicopter mission during the Iraq War. The network confirmed today that the suspension is over and Williams will assume his new role as a breaking news anchor at MSNBC in mid-September.
NBC anchor Brian Williams was suspended on Feb. 10 after his story about flying in a helicopter hit by enemy fire in Iraq in 2003 was shown to be false, triggering an investigation into other incidents of self-aggrandizement in talking about his reporting. He lost his job as NBC’s “Nightly News” anchor and was named a breaking news anchor at the cable news outlet. MSNBC hasn’t announced a start date for Williams, but it’s expected to be in time for the network’s coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, scheduled for Sept. 22-27.
MSNBC canceled three daytime programs Thursday in the first of several moves that hopes to put a jolt into its flailing ratings. The Cycle, co-hosted by Ari Melber, Toure, Abby Huntsman and Krystal Ball was canceled at 3 p.m. ET; Now with Alex Wagner is out at 4 p.m.; and The Ed Show with Ed Schultz is gone at 5. It’s not clear who will host at 3 and 4 p.m. but Chuck Todd is expected to anchor a 5 p.m. program similar to his former program The Daily Rundown. Alex Wagner and Ari Melber are expected to stay with the network.
Tip For Williams Watchers: Take A Breath
Assuming everything reported about Brian Williams’ transgressions are true, it’s still important to keep this in perspective. While those grievous errors wouldn’t allow him to return to the anchor seat, it shouldn’t keep him from pursuing his life’s work — assuming he returns humbled and squares with his audience.
NBC and Williams have come to a tentative agreement that will keep Williams at the network after his six-month suspension ends in August. The decision, described by people with knowledge of the plan, ends months of speculation that Williams could leave NBC altogether. Williams will not be returning to the NBC Nightly News anchor chair. Instead, he will have a new role at MSNBC. His fill-in Lester Holt will become NBC Nightly News’ permanent anchor
