MSNBC Layoffs Target 99 Union Staffers, WGA East Claims
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variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor 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.” 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.
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