MSNBC Building Up News Operation In Advance Of Split From Comcast; Jen Psaki And ‘The Weekend’ Hosts Eyed For Expanded Roles
deadline.comMSNBC is embarking on its first major steps toward building up a newsgathering operation, with plans to add a Washington bureau and domestic and international correspondents.
With MSNBC being spun off from Comcast later this year, a lingering question has been how it will deal with the fact that NBC News will no longer be a sister network.
MSNBC has depended on the broadcast network’s correspondents and anchors, particularly during the daytime hours. Andrea Mitchell recently signed off from her early afternoon show, which had run since 2008, but is continuing on the NBC News side as chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent.
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler also is hiring for a head of talent, a head of newsgathering, a Washington bureau chief and a head of content strategy, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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