After Rachel Maddow signed a new multi-year deal with MSNBC and NBCUniversal, there were reports that she ultimately will scale back her schedule to as little as once-a-week. That would leave the network with the potential loss of the nightly show, with no obvious successor.
In an interview with Deadline after Maddow’s deal was signed, MSNBC president Rashida Jones was asked whether, with the new agreement, Maddow will continue to host her show five nights a week. “Her show will continue as she’s doing it now,” she said. “One of the things we are looking at is she is so interested and excited in doing things in so many different areas within NBCUniversal, so we are figuring out how to juggle all of that, but her show continues on.” As for the longer term, Jones suggests that details are still being worked out.
The potential for change in...
In an interview with Deadline after Maddow’s deal was signed, MSNBC president Rashida Jones was asked whether, with the new agreement, Maddow will continue to host her show five nights a week. “Her show will continue as she’s doing it now,” she said. “One of the things we are looking at is she is so interested and excited in doing things in so many different areas within NBCUniversal, so we are figuring out how to juggle all of that, but her show continues on.” As for the longer term, Jones suggests that details are still being worked out.
The potential for change in...
- 9/3/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On Tuesday evening comes a new entrant in the cable news wars: Wgn America’s News Nation, a three-hour primetime newscast that promises a just-the-facts approach to viewers’ daily diet.
No outraged hosts, no endless panels of talking-head commentary, no irreverent chyrons. The bet is that in an era of polarization, what consumers crave is a program without a point of view.
“We want to present a newscast every night that you can sit and watch with your other family member that doesn’t agree with you,” said Sean Compton, EVP of Nexstar Media Group, which owns Wgn America and operates almost 200 stations.
News Nation has created a newsroom at Wgn’s Chicago and hired 150 of its own staffers. It also will draw on the resources of Nexstar outlets.
The newscast will feature anchors Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, as well as breaking-news anchor Rob Nelson and meteorologist Albert Ramon.
No outraged hosts, no endless panels of talking-head commentary, no irreverent chyrons. The bet is that in an era of polarization, what consumers crave is a program without a point of view.
“We want to present a newscast every night that you can sit and watch with your other family member that doesn’t agree with you,” said Sean Compton, EVP of Nexstar Media Group, which owns Wgn America and operates almost 200 stations.
News Nation has created a newsroom at Wgn’s Chicago and hired 150 of its own staffers. It also will draw on the resources of Nexstar outlets.
The newscast will feature anchors Joe Donlon and Marni Hughes, as well as breaking-news anchor Rob Nelson and meteorologist Albert Ramon.
- 9/1/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
NowThis News, the new digital video network backed by Kenneth Lerer, announced an all-star editorial team filled with veterans of old media titans like CNN and ABC News. Eason Jordan, former CNN chief news executive, will be the company's general manager; Ed O'Keefe, former ABC News digital executive producer, will be the company's editor-in-chief; and Katharine Zaleski, former Washington Post executive director of digital news will serve as NowThis News' managing editor. The company also said it will partner with BuzzFeed and will have a dedicated vertical within the social news site's...
- 9/10/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
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