It appears Joy Reid isn't the only one having their staff axed as MSNBC tells Rachel Maddow's staffers to start looking for work.
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With ratings that have plummeted since the election and failed to pick back up, MSNBC is having to trim the fat. The first to go was Joy Reid, whose show The ReidOut was both controversial and outspoken. Only last week, her staffers were told they had time to pack their bags, the show was finished.
Now, Rachel Maddow, one of the network's most recognisable faces, is losing a ton of staff. In a report from the Guardian, the majority of staff working with Maddow have been let go. They have been given the option to apply for other jobs within the network or take severance pay.
Not all of Maddow's staff will be leaving, though; she will still need a team to run her show. Staying on for now will be executive producer Cory Gnazzo. She will also be retaining several other executive producers.
Rachael Maddow's Staff Part Of MSNBC Restructure
An insider, who spoke confidentially to the outlet, stated that the change to Maddow's staff didn't constitute layoffs. Instead, they said it was a reallocation of resources. The MSNBC network is evolving, and staff need to move around the company.
So, laying off staff or telling them to reapply without the idea of layoffs in mind insinuates there will be jobs for them in other sectors. However, whether this comes to fruition is a different matter. The network has had, understandably, declining ratings since the election.
In the past, MSNBC has been able to reallocate roles to their staff without having to cut positions. This shows a change in direction for the company. This has raised a number of concerns both with Rachel Maddow's ex-staff and others working for MSNBC.
For Joy Reid, there is no more space on the network for her left-leaning politics and outspoken opinions. What lays in wait for her in her career is anyone's guess. There is less space for her kind of opinions on mainstream outlets.
The staff that have been laid off from Maddow's show will be given priority pick over the newly available job that MSNBC claims to have created.
I had so strongly depended on MSNBC for truth from a liberal perspective. Ratings are as much a function of people tuning out because the state of America is so nauseating. Joy Reid pulled no punches, and I loved her Black perspective. So sad MSNBC sold out.
MSNBC should report the news fairly and stay away from the lopsided partisan nonsense, that got them to this point in time.
Interesting the MSNBC goes after the woman of color, rather than one of the males. Alex Wagner has also been demoted. Funny that we don't see any of the male members of the line-up getting the axe. Hmmmm . . . you don't think the administration at MSNBC is pandering to Trump? Nah, that can't be it. (note eyeroll)
Should have axed. Morning Joe!!!
Jonathon Capeheart (!), Jose Diaz-Balert, Katie Phang, Ayman Mohyeldin. All gone. All POC. ☹️
Reid and her hyperbolic mental breakdowns each day brought the ratings down. It is all about the station making money.
I think Chris Hayes got axed also
I know I'm not watching MSNBC again.
You mean lopsided partisan nonsense like Fox News (the highest rated political network)? MSNBC is the balance we need to give us the other side, especially with FOX News having Trump on their side. If you don't want political opinion, then don't watch. Bet you don't see (lying) Fox as being lopsided. SMH
No, the breakdown was when Mika and Joe went to Trump's resort and kissed more than his ring. I believe the network was put on warning and they were sent back with their tails between their legs ane a warning to NBC. They have been coopted.
No he didn't. Still there.
I believe she is bipolar.
I haven't watched since the election. I can only watch or read the news occasionally and small bits at a time. I cannot watch or listen to Trump at all.
This is a dam shame,I'm just gonna sit back and watch God do his thing,and whatever happens to him & Musk they have themselves to blame Nuff Said.
Amen !!!
Go to you tube and watch Ben meiselas and his brothers on Meidas Network. Legacy News will not speak truth to power
You mean like fox does/s
I believe you have been brainwashed.
Lopsided partisan nonsense??? You must be talking about FOX News!!
EXACTLY!!!
If the network wants to fire someone, it should be whomever suggested that Joe & Mika go and kiss the ring. That single event caused me to go from a constant viewer, to one who watches a couple bits of something each month. I know there are many others who were as put-off by this as I was.
Shame they took it out on truth-tellers, and I hope for the very best for each of those whom they cast aside, and for those who worked behind the scenes on their shows.
MEIDAS NETWORK is AMAZING and I know that they've reached out to Joy Reid to offer her their platform, and I'm hoping that she'll take them up on it. They have a very large and growing viewership. ??❤️??
We didn't they let Joe and Mika go? They went down on bended knee.
Caved to the right wingnuts. Very sad.
I recently started watching her show. I thought she was great! She’s definitely a winner and I predict she’ll be back in broadcasting soon
Wow, what a moron.. Joy Reid is and was the most bigoted racist, next only to that slim ball, Al Sharpton !
I love Joy Reid. She is honest and refreshing. She has integrity. She tells it like it is. I am so done with MSNBC! Wow, I wonder if the CEO and top administrators took a pay cut?
Just be because they let her go does mean she cannot speak her opinion! Comcast owns MSNBC, so there you go!
You racists always call poc racists.
Absolutely. But, I had backed off before Joe and Mika kissed his a$$ because I was sickof them not fact checking Trump. After the election, I stopped watching them completely.
Loved her style...she'll be missed by so many
Why not axe the Morning Joe show? He took a trip to Maralogo to kiss felon 47 ring.
I agree
I turn the damn TV off.I will listen to Joy on YouTube.
Jonathan Capehart and Ayman were both let go as well, along with Katie Phang and Joy.
Bingo - worst program ever - full of hot air at the top!
Meidas is my go to for truth in reporting. It's the only one that doesn't end with a question mark!
Fox is political but not even a legitimate news network. No surprise there!
I think it's important, not to brag of self imposed insulation, isolation, but to at least be aware of all the nonsense being laid down.......survival is important.
I think my father would tell 'ol John here to go take a shit in his hat.,.......
People not watching is part of why this is happening. I still watch
nope only POC and no one else
MAGABOI SEZ WUT??? You sound very much like a racist spewing your crap
well I now KNOW you are stupid
Me neither. I was not aware that they left Jonathan Capehart go also and Katie Phang? Are you freaking kidding me
I loved Joy. She taught me alot.
This pisses me off
You are a white supremacist.
MSNBC keeps us free of the garbage-laden smog out of DC! GRATEFUL!!
I was just starting to truly appreciate Alex Wagner when Rachel (whom I also enjoy) was given the 5 day per week slot. Alex seems honest and forthright in her reporting. She had become my favorite. My husband and I slowed down our watching of MSNBC after Trump was elected because the constant bombardment of the news is hard the psyche. That being said, we still keep up with what's happening.
I will watch Maddow but that is it.
They bent their knees to the current "Person" in the WH.
They're getting rid of the wrong people. MSNBC has lost their legs because they're bending the knee to tRump.
apparently ,most people never watched this collection of loons before either !!!
Too many idiots watching Fox News
It was a shock to learn of Reid's end on MSNBC. I believe the new owner of MSNBC is doing a disservice to its viewers by ridding the station of some of the best broadcasters they had. I also believed that the trio replacing Reid's hour was a permanent replacement (so to speak), and that it would be a trio hour not one of the three rotating in and out. What a disappointment there too. I'm tiring of the evaluations and discussions over one topic, rather than straight news with some editorial input. If they're going to make changes at MSNBC, let's get back to covering the news that comes in throughout the day, and not just repeat most of what was covered earlier in the day throughout the evening too. I understand when it's a very important topic and each host wants to add their input, but there are literally hundreds of topics to cover each day. Let's expand more, please.
"Enemies closer..."
Rachael of course, Stephanie Rule (sp?) Ali Belshi, Ari, Lawrence... still all worth listening to (sorry for the misspellings).
You came here to cause havoc. Please go away.
No I don't they all talk about Trump I love when Scott jennings corrects them because most of them are opinions not facts,joy got boring and hateful there's enough going on in the world then listening to Debby downer made it worse
I think their next
Not true no one watched her show her audience shrunk every year that's why
Joy was one of the best prime time anchors. She challenged the status quo and spoke truth to power.
When you talk down to people you lose
That's why you lose no one is an enemy because they are Red'
I think liars don't do any favors to your party
I used to but she's getting boring she lies too much, all you have to do is fact check everything she says 8 out of 10 is an exaggerating comment,she's boring too
They keep their anchors because their nice people, The left is to nasty
She went to far with it,she wasn't pleasant to watch,she got to cringe
Everyone's a racist when you don't like what they say,could it be she just wasn't liked by many
Who cares there's always one that has nothing to say
They can't keep someone who lost half her audience,Their there to make a profit,This isn't and underground show
You should do the same, 77 million people voted for him ,Everyone is a racist because Kamala was a fraud who took acting lessons couldn't give a speech without a teleprompter ,wanting to put a Indian woman in who was pretending to be black shows how racist you are not us
Get real
Which will be nothing just because your chained to a party that does nothing for you,Is your deal,we are getting the cream of the crop who broke free
So they thought replacing Joy with Symone Sanders Townsend was a good idea???!!! I refuse to watch anything wither her on it.
Fic, you don't know what you're talking about. She was always level-headed when I watched.
I doubt it was about a woman of color. More about what the audience wants to watch.
I thought she was fine but I remember the show that turned me off and I never watched her again.
I figured it was just me though. Sorry to see anyone lose their job though.
I agree.
that's why they are making changes. People are disengaged from the news. You can support them by watching some of them each day. Rachel has had inspiring and motivating reportiing. Start with her.
not at all
Their audience loves the lies, and are engaged by the hate.
Alex will remain as a political analyst
You have to tune in.
Joe and Mika should have been let go first
They also cancelled Katie Phang, Ayman Mohyeldin, and José Díaz-Balart. All people of color, but not all women.
You're rather rabid with all your negative comments. Ridiculous and why I asked someone else to please just leave. Toxic contributions like yours bring everyone down. The current president and his ruler, Elon, are making a mockery of democracy and sucking up to authoritarian rulers. A complete chit show for all to see. Good luck when one of their cuts affects you. BTW, please learn the differences between there, their, and they're. Please learn proper punctuation too. Go to your president's sites and rejoice with all the cult members. You guys got played and you can't even see it. Feel sorry for you.
Two, to, too. Please!!
It was the only one of two shows on MSNB that I watch. The other is Lawrence O'Donnell. Sad to see her go.
Mehdi Hasan left MSNBC on principle. Started ZETEO.
Firing Joy has only made their situation worse. She was one of the few i actually enjoyed watching.
Are you a Russian bot? You sound like one.
BRAVO and well done!
If you're referring to the "Reid Out", you lack intelligence.
Everybody I know loved Joy Reid! None of the Republican duffuses ilk who have made it possible for dirty diapered dung face Donette who is destroying our democracy!
No, not Jobathan Capehart!!
you first
they're ... not their. i love fixing misspellings
well you will not change anything .
lies?? what do you call trump then?? soothsayer? idiot
too busy watching real news ?/ with hannity and shit patrol?
I think viewership dropped after 2020 because the audience felt democracy and the country in safer hands when Joe Biden was President. We felt less need to pay attention to everything going on in government. When Trump got reelected, many of us didn't want the stress of watching the news as the new administration went about selecting unqualified cabinet members and department heads, started his agenda of demolishing democratic ideals and the constitutional order...but we are starting to pay attention now as the constitution and its checks and balances disappear and as Trump dismantles as much as possible opposition news sources. In this environment MSNBC will become more important than ever. I'm betting those ratings will start rising again soon.
You just lost me as a viewer. MSNBC is now history. CNN will be the only news I will watch.
she's replying to Jane, under her comments.
In order of who I enjoy the most......Rachel, Lawrence, Ari, Chris, Stephanie.
Based on what? People watching live and contacted by a polling company?
J. Capehart and Ayman moved to the morning slot on the weekends, while those hosts moved
to Joy's time, so they are not totally gone and can be recorded. Katie is remaining as a legal expert, so she'll probably show up on Ari Belber's show. I think Jose is moving to a different network.
Please don't give up.
I agree!!! I have msnbc on approx 10-12 hours a day, no exaggeration....wknds are less though. I'm on the MSNBC Insights. I do survey's for them approx once a wk although since the last couple of months they are few and far between now....wierd..........although maybe the new president of msnbc doesnt want them done as often....who knows! LOLLL
Excellent comment! I would just say that I do not feel sorry them. They had a good look and supported him still. No sympathy.
Plenty of fun to be had! Perhaps the only fun in today's commentary....
Atta girl! Teach 'em to fire your faves due to falling ratings, by not watching anymore. So their ratings fall further?
MSNBC Insights?
Yes! Why not post evidence of one of Rachel's "lies". One or two of the eight would be telling....
You must of course tell us who you watch for "loon free" programming
Why not post an MSNBC "Lie". just as an example for those who haven't spotted one on their own?
As people realize what a mistake it was ŕo reelect Trump , MSNBC's viewership will return. People will seek the truth. I have always found MSNBC To report the truth as they know it. Fox does not report the truth!
Joy was just that--a joy--with nothing but raw truth, and she pulled no punches. Her show had more value than 10 other vanilla (literally) mainstream shows put together. I will follow her to and support her through whatever project she creates next. KUDOS JOY! Well done girl, take a deep bow. The way this ended by NO MEANS defines you.
Do you think MSNBC made a mistake by canceling Joy Reid's show?
Level headed for the nuthouse perhaps.
Half a bubble off is not level.