{"id":129288,"date":"2024-11-23T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129288"},"modified":"2024-11-23T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T13:29:01","slug":"why-msnbc-and-cnbc-might-be-going-away-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129288","title":{"rendered":"Why MSNBC and CNBC might be going away forever."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"116\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcnzh9001nukl0oy3alac7@published\">On Tuesday, the notorious telecommunications firm Comcast confirmed that it would follow through on a dramatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/comcast-spin-off-cable-channels-streaming-partner-peacock-1236049904\/\">proposal<\/a> it made to investors last month: to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/comcast-massive-cable-spin-off-separating-usa-msnbc-1236214865\/\">officially sell off almost all of its cable TV properties<\/a> in a $7 billion deal. The purge will affect a large chunk of Comcast\u2019s overall media portfolio, keeping only the core NBCUniversal brand (home to NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, and Universal) and the reality-TV empire Bravo. Meanwhile, over the course of a year, CNBC, E!, Fandango, the Golf Channel, MSNBC, Oxygen, Rotten Tomatoes, Syfy, and USA will all be severed from 30 Rock, packaged into a publicly traded company with the working title \u201cSpinCo,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcuniversal.com\/leadership\/mark-lazarus\">overseen<\/a> by NBCUniversal Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"156\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5ck001b3b72m6ggxmit@published\">Understandably, the vibes are off at the media company. Anchors at CNBC\u2014which has undergone multiple layoff rounds over the past year\u2014made grim jokes about the situation on air Wednesday as an inside source told the Hollywood Reporter that the mood was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/comcast-cable-spinoff-msnbc-bravo-sports-1236068481\/\">annoyed, but probably fine<\/a>.\u201d (A staff meeting with Lazarus the very next day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cnbc-mark-lazarus-reassured-staffers-after-anchors-joked-comcast-spinoff-2024-11\">seemed to calm some nerves<\/a>.) Things were even more jittery at MSNBC, with insiders telling media outlets that workers are \u201cdepressed\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/20\/media\/msnbc-staffers-in-a-panic-as-nbc-parent-comcast-plans-to-spin-off-channel-and-possibly-change-its-name\/\">in a panic<\/a>,\u201d thanks to lingering uncertainty about how MSNBC will actually cut off its close connections with NBC\u2014and whether it may even have to change its name. The embattled network was already smarting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/msnbc-anxiously-enters-new-trump-era\">plummeting postelection ratings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/morning-joe-ratings-decline-trump-msnbc\/\">further viewer backlash<\/a> to the <em>Morning Joe<\/em> co-hosts\u2019 recent kiss-and-make-up session with Donald Trump when more bad news hit: Lachlan Cartwright\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/msnbc-mayhem-rachel-maddow-pay-cut-lineup-shakeup-coming\">report at the Ankler<\/a> about an impending all-around host shake-up that will see even Rachel Maddow earning a softer paycheck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"121\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5ea001c3b72nvdlfms6@published\">Yet another unknown is how SpinCo will be expected to operate in the ever-whittling cable landscape when divorced from the still-powerful NBC brand. With Comcast retaining the <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/07\/paris-olympics-how-to-watch-nbc-peacock-schedule-streaming.html\">reinvigorated Peacock streamer<\/a>, SpinCo\u2019s TV brands will have to figure out an ideal streaming situation to keep viewership consistent. They will also have to negotiate their carriage fees with network TV distributors while lacking the power and perks attached to the NBC name: the sports-broadcasting rights, the backing from Comcast revenue, and the audience brand loyalty in a time of relentless cord-cutting. Bloomberg\u2019s Lucas Shaw reports that SpinCo will \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-20\/comcast-spinoff-will-look-to-buy-channels-expand-into-streaming\">explore acquiring other cable channels and creating its own streaming services<\/a>,\u201d with an eye toward expanding to include \u201cchannels specializing in documentaries or food-related shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"105\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5gd001d3b72m6g35khw@published\">There are still more headwinds for SpinCo\u2014most notably, Donald Trump\u2019s incoming administration, whose ranks will likely include FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as <em>chairman<\/em> of the entire regulatory body. Already, Carr has <a href=\"https:\/\/zeteo.com\/p\/protecting-trump-thin-skin-brendan-carr-fcc-regulations-networks\">ranted publicly<\/a> about NBC featuring Kamala Harris on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> during the election cycle, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-sues-cbs-news-60-minutes-interview\/\">Trump sued CBS last month<\/a> based on conspiratorial claims that <em>60 Minutes<\/em> made \u201cedits\u201d favorable to Harris for the final cut of its interview. Any future SpinCo mergers\/acquisitions will require federal approval, and we know from the first Trump administration that his team <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/fate-msnbc-could-trump-hands-100047092.html\">is not above punishing the cable channels<\/a> he hates, such as CNN and, yes, MSNBC.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm3tcnzh9001oukl0dd5gbq0c@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/11\/trump-dance-video-nfl-jon-jones-christian-pulisic-brock-bowers.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/e9dc684b-c5be-4858-8407-bd510dd9af70.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Nadira Goffe<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">Athletes Are Suddenly Shimmying Like Trump. Uh-Oh.<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"90\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5i9001e3b72luw9llxj@published\">We all know that traditional TV has been declining for decades now, for myriad obvious reasons. But the NBC\/SpinCo situation may be representative of an even grimmer media trend: powerful corporations <em>choosing<\/em> to expedite the devaluation of the cable industry altogether. As veteran TV reporter Josef Adalian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/spinco-cable-channels-msnbc-cnbc.html\">noted in Vulture<\/a>: \u201c[By] basically giving up on originals, and getting rid of the execs who used to work on marketing and scheduling these channels, NBCU and others put their cable holdings into hospice care years before they needed to make that transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"150\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5k8001f3b72cdj61o8e@published\">As I noted back in September, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/09\/disney-directv-streaming-television-rights-fight.html\">Disney and DirecTV\u2019s brawl<\/a> over the matter of distribution fees and channel packaging grew so intense that the fights and insults spilled out into every public forum imaginable. (The two companies soon reached a midmonth agreement that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.directv.com\/insider\/disney-resolution\/\">relatively favorable to DirecTV<\/a>; the latter company did see a recent setback, though, when bondholders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/directv-echostar-deal-abandoned-dish-sling-tv-bondholder-opposition-1236066400\/\">rejected its proposal<\/a> to acquire fellow satellite provider Dish.) Over the summer, Paramount, on the gravelly road to <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/business\/2024\/07\/paramount-skydance-redstone-ellison-national-amusements-deal.html\">that Skydance acquisition<\/a>, scrubbed the internet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/business\/paramount-taking-down-entire-websites-tv-clips-mtv-comedy-central-cmt-1235020544\/\">old clips from its brand IP<\/a> (TV Land, etc.) and then shut down its TV studio, after <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/paramount-to-shutter-tv-studio-begins-layoffs-in-cost-cutting-frenzy-190921665.html\">writing down<\/a> the value of its cable unit by $6 billion; its iconic properties Comedy Central and MTV have been left to suffer on air as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2024-03-01\/they-are-tvs-ghosts-networks-that-somehow-survive-with-little-reason-to-watch-them-anymore\">ghost networks<\/a>,\u201d with repetitive schedules of familiar reruns and long-running titles that remain somewhat viable (<em>The Daily Show<\/em> with Jon Stewart, <em>South Park<\/em>).<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/in-article-recirc\/instances\/cm3tcnzh9001pukl0zmxzjapc@published\" class=\"in-article-recirc\" data-via=\"article-inline_recirc-section-technology\">\n<ol class=\"in-article-recirc__list\">\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/11\/trump-rfk-jr-bird-flu-vaccines-raw-milk.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            I Know Personally Exactly What Kind of Bully RFK Jr Is. Now America Will Too.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/11\/nbcuniversal-spinning-off-msnbc-cnbc-spinco.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            Cable TV Is on Its Very Last Legs. Next Year May Be the End.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/11\/onlyfans-content-stolen-privacy-security-internet-dark-side.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            My OnlyFans Content Leaked. I Learned a Bleak Truth About the Internet.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/11\/elon-musk-doge-twitter-purge-government-vivek-ramaswamy.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            What Will Elon Musk Actually Do for \u201cGovernment Efficiency\u201d? Unfortunately, We Already Know.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"127\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5m7001g3b72kjz6foys@published\">For the time being, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav may be the only who sees the coming years as a beneficial time for this type of media, claiming that Donald Trump and a Republican Congress could preside over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/7\/24290627\/david-zaslav-trump-big-media-mergers-warner-bros-discovery\">\u201cconsolidation\u201d-friendly era<\/a> for big business. But does Zaslav really want to buy more TV? After having fused Warner and Discovery back in 2022, after <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/08\/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-culture-deleting-movies-tv-shows.html\">having junked countless beloved properties<\/a> from that megaportfolio, after having mulled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/be716ec2-1c02-467c-94af-7c8ef9ae1963\"><em>voluntarily breaking up his own company<\/em><\/a>\u2014Zaslav seems instead content to sell off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/warner-bros-discovery-asset-sales-break-up\/\">small bits of the business<\/a> at a time, including (you guessed it) international TV broadcasters, like All3Media and TVN. He isn\u2019t selling off CNN yet, although the storied newscaster is facing its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2024-10-01\/as-pay-tv-revenues-diminish-cnn-puts-a-pay-wall-on-its-web-site\">revenue issues<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/briefs\/cnn-moves-to-dismiss-mark-robinson-lawsuit\/\">lawsuits from Trump allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"67\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm3tcp5ou001h3b72zqm4zj5q@published\">The trendlines are stark: Cable TV is not perking back up anytime soon, and its stakeholders seem eager to just scrap the whole thing altogether, perhaps sooner than later. Combine that with a media-hostile (and TV-addled) Trump administration, and it seems pretty clear what 2025 may bring\u2014the demise of liberal TV as we know it. But at least you\u2019ll be able to <span class=\"slate-paragraph--tombstone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bgr.com\/entertainment\/netflix-is-starting-to-feel-less-essential-thanks-to-one-garbage-release-after-another\/\">enjoy all that Netflix slop<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"newsletter-signup  \" data-turnstile-sitekey=\"0x4AAAAAAAapdPWOG3kR2_qF\" data-list=\"The Slatest\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/newsletter-signup\/instances\/cm3tcnzh9001qukl02idjpsrx@published\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__intro newsletter-signup__intro--centered\">\n          <img alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-signup__img\" hidden=\"\" data-src-light=\"\/media\/components\/newsletter-signup\/the-slatest.png\" data-src-dark=\"\/media\/components\/newsletter-signup\/the-slatest-dark.png\" width=\"130\" height=\"58.7\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Sign up for Slate\u2019s evening newsletter.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){\nif(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2024\/11\/nbcuniversal-spinning-off-msnbc-cnbc-spinco.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the notorious telecommunications firm Comcast confirmed that it would follow through on a dramatic proposal it made to investors last month: to officially sell off almost all of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129288\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}