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MSNBC staffers ‘in a panic’ as NBC-parent Comcast plans to spin off channel — and possibly change its name
New York Post ^ | Nov. 20, 2024, | Alexandra Steigrad

Posted on 11/20/2024 3:23:30 PM PST by george76

Panic engulfed MSNBC headquarters on Wednesday after parent company Comcast confirmed a massive spinoff of its cable properties — with a top executive even suggesting the left-leaning network may be forced to change its name.

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Staffers fearing looming layoffs peppered him with questions about if the network will need to change its name, logos and headquarters after reports surfaced that the new entity could be cut off from the reporting muscle of NBC News,

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“Everyone is in a panic because everything is up in the air,

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Comcast announced Wednesday that MSNBC — home to anchors that include Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell — will join CNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and the Golf Channel as part of a new company called SpinCo.

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Joe Scarborough, co-host of “Morning Joe” expressed his own anxieties during “Morning Joe” before the meeting, joking nervously on air: “We could all be fired a year from now.”

“When this happens, you never know what’s going to happen,” he said, of the news, to which co-host Mika Brzezinski added: “Or tomorrow.”

Spinning off of the cable properties, which are suffering dwindling viewership

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The rabid anti-Trump network has averaged roughly 550,000 viewers since Election Day, marking a 39% drop compared with its viewership in October, according to Nielsen data. In primetime, MSNBC’s audience fell 53%, according to Nielsen.

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Like other cable networks, MSNBC is facing major business challenges, including cord-cutting as more customers opt to get there news via streaming.

MSNBC is projected to shed approximately 10.5% of its subscribers between the end of 2023 and the end of 2025,

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CNN has experienced similar declines, averaging 413,000 viewers, or a 22% dip from its October averages. Primetime viewership fell 43%.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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1 posted on 11/20/2024 3:23:30 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Trying real hard to work up a tear.


2 posted on 11/20/2024 3:24:13 PM PST by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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They should at least spin off their filthy presenters.


3 posted on 11/20/2024 3:25:42 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: george76

I Got Ya nu name rite here:

MSMUD


4 posted on 11/20/2024 3:26:03 PM PST by Gasshog (INDE)
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To: george76

So they will only be known as MicroSoft now?


5 posted on 11/20/2024 3:27:41 PM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: sauropod

CNN is next. Nothing more I wold like than to see Jake Tapper fired.


6 posted on 11/20/2024 3:28:12 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Gasshog

I thought we here at FR dubbed them ages ago as MSLSD.


7 posted on 11/20/2024 3:28:28 PM PST by xp38
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To: george76
a new company called SpinCo.

They will take all the upcoming bad news for the Left and try to "spin" it so that it can be presented as a triumphant march of communism through a society dominated by deplorable racist Nazi garbage.

8 posted on 11/20/2024 3:28:32 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: xp38

I called them MSDNC


9 posted on 11/20/2024 3:28:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Possible name change suggestions were “Faux News”, “Babylon B-Ess”, “Baghdad Bobs News Channel” and their Spanish version is “Un Pravda”.


10 posted on 11/20/2024 3:28:51 PM PST by BipolarBob (Our prodigal Haitian son has returned!! Prepare the fatted cat.)
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To: george76

Nobody is going to be fooled by a name change.


11 posted on 11/20/2024 3:29:14 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: george76

PMS LSD...FOR new name!
lex


12 posted on 11/20/2024 3:29:30 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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Scarborough: “We could all be fired a year from now.”

Sob. Poor baby. I worked in high tech and companies adjusted work forces to match the sales volume all the time. Some divisions were growing, other shrinking and work forces expanded or contracted accordingly. That’s life. ‘

These prima donna bastards think they are the first people to ever suffer a changing business environment and that they should have lifetime employment.


13 posted on 11/20/2024 3:30:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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To: george76

No, don’t change. MS - Never Been Correct is the example of how low folks can go pretending that they are sentient.


14 posted on 11/20/2024 3:30:32 PM PST by Da Coyote (H)
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To: george76

MSDJT has a nice ring to it...


15 posted on 11/20/2024 3:30:53 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: jdt1138

I always thought the “aaMS” meant “Moldy $h!t”. Color me confused.


16 posted on 11/20/2024 3:31:34 PM PST by Spacetrucker
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“Scarborough: ‘We could all be fired a year from now.’”

Oh, Joe. That’s so cute. It will be much sooner!


17 posted on 11/20/2024 3:31:46 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)
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To: Gasshog

“SpinCo” pretty much rhymes with “S**tShow”. I wonder what low IQ executive came up with that name.


18 posted on 11/20/2024 3:32:29 PM PST by hoagy62 (Don't let evil win again!)
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To: george76

Panic at MSNBC? Joy Reid and company afraid of losing their jobs? Afraid they won’t find another good paying gig where they get to spew liberal pablum?


19 posted on 11/20/2024 3:32:52 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: xp38

I prefer PMS/NBC


20 posted on 11/20/2024 3:33:36 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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