{"id":27528,"date":"2025-09-17T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/27528\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:58:06","slug":"msnbc-sets-key-dates-as-it-splits-from-sister-network-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/27528\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Sets Key Dates As It Splits From Sister Network NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUPDATED: Two dates have been set for next month when MSNBC<\/a>\u2018s split from sister network NBC News<\/a> will be reflected in news coverage.<\/p>\n

\n\tMSNBC is part of Comcast\u2019s spinoff of many of its cable networks into a new entity, Versant, expected to be completed later this year. As part of the spinoff, MSNBC is being renamed MS NOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Oct. 6, NBC News staffers who have accepted roles at MSNBC will be official full-time employees of the latter network, appearing solely on the cable network and no longer reporting to the broadcast network, Scott Matthews, senior VP of newsgathering, said in an internal editorial call on Wednesday. Except for DC operations, MSNBC will no longer rely on NBC News correspondents and crews for coverage. MSNBC has been building up its own newsroom in anticipation of the split. That is also the date when MSNBC will start relying on its own standards guidance.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Oct. 20, MSNBC will no longer rely on NBC News correspondents or crews for Washington, D.C. coverage as well, Matthews said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo that is the date that, in theory, we are totally on our own with all reporters and field crews, all live shots, et cetera, are all controlled by us,\u201d Matthews said. \u201cWe will, of course, have our friends in the background in case there\u2019s some technical issues. But we think of that date as the day we are fully operational on our own, both domestically, internationally and through DC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the figures joining MSNBC full time from NBC News are Jacob Soboroff, senior national and political correspondent; Vaughn Hillyard, senior White House correspondent; Ken Dilanian, justice correspondent; and Antonia Hylton, correspondent and co-host of The Weekend: Primetime. The network also is recruiting for 50 roles, including newsgathering, digital, audio and specials.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the figures who chose to stay at NBC News was Steve Kornacki, the data and polling guru who has been a fixture on election coverage, as well as a number of other correspondents. Versant will continue to have access to the NBC News Decision Desk through the end of the year. <\/p>\n

\n\tNBC News also has recently hired Christina Wilkie to serve as senior editor at the network\u2019s business and economy unit. She was previously at CNBC Digital for eight years, most recently as senior editor of the politics and economy desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Two dates have been set for next month when MSNBC\u2018s split from sister network NBC News will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[22817,93,61,60,22818,22819,22820,282],"class_list":["post-27528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-electionline","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ms-now","tag-msnbc","tag-nbc-news","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}