Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC is canceling two of its streaming programs on Peacock as the NBCUniversal-backed news outlet monitors the performance of programing amid a new battle for broadband consumers.Zerlina Maxwell and Ayman Mohyeldin will both lose their Peacock programs, according to a spokesperson for the network.
Maxwell, who has worked with MSNBC since 2018 as an analyst and whose Peacock program was among MSNBC’s first streaming offerings, will do her last Peacock program on September 15.
Her staff was notified about the move Wednesday by MSNBC President Rashida Jones, according to a person familiar with the matter.Executives would like Maxwell, a Democratic activist and former campaign aide to Hillary Clinton, to stay on in an analyst role.
Mohyeldin, who launched a program that airs weekends on MSNBC cable and streaming several days a week on Peacock, will maintain his weekend linear duties.
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