MSNBC Tumult: Nearly 100 Staffers Being Let Go in Shakeup That Ousted Joy Reid, Canceled Nine Shows
A cruel detail in the lay-offs is that MSNBC is actually adding jobs – the laid off staff, however, are not being shifted to the new roles but will need to apply for them.
The firings at MSNBC are escalating with at least 99 producers being laid off amid a major overhaul of the troubled liberal cable news network.
Behind the camera staffers from “at least nine different shows” — which include “The ReidOut,” “Alex Wagner Tonight,” “The Weekend,” “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” “Weekends with Jonathan Capehart,” “The Katie Phang Show,” “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” and “Inside With Jen Psaki” — are being let go as part of “mass layoffs,” according to the union representing the 99 employees, the Writers Guild of America East. It’s not clear how many staffers are being laid off who are not WGA members.
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