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MSNBC Will Retain Its Name After Comcast Spinoff
MSNBC will retain its name after it is spun off from Comcast along with other cable assets. Mark Lazarus, who is leading the new company, told network staffers of the plans at a meeting today to announce the departure of Rashida Jones as the networks president and the naming of Rebecca Kutler as interim leader, […]
Throughout its history, MSNBC has drawn on correspondents and anchors from sister network NBC News, which will remain part of Comcast. It also will include USA Network, CNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel. It had a heavy emphasis on the then-emerging internet, but its primetime eventually evolved into a progressive alternative to right-leaning Fox News.
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