MSNBC President Rashida Jones is stepping down and will be replaced by Rebecca Cutler, the lead architect of the failed CNN+ streaming service, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Mr. Jones spent nearly four years as president of the network. She took over in February 2021, a year after the network averaged nearly 1.6 million prime-time viewers. According to Go to Pew Research. That number has fallen to less than eightAfter 2022, it was 30,000 people, but after 2024, it will return to 1.23 million people. According to Go to Adweek.
Jones told staff he made the decision to resign while on leave.
News: MSNBC President Rashida Jones is retiring after four years. He will be replaced by Rebecca Cutler, senior vice president of content strategy, effective immediately. Mr. Kutler was recently appointed director of the daytime program. pic.twitter.com/Iy7Obo1W0z
— Natalie Korach (@NatalieKorach) January 14, 2025
Mr. Cutler has risen dramatically from the position of senior vice president of content strategy. Before that she responsible for programming CNN+, the media conglomerate’s $300 million streaming service, shut down after a month.
“Rebecca is the ideal leader to lead us through this moment, and I look forward to working with her to shape our collective future together,” NBCUniversal chairman Mark Lazarus told staff. “I’m doing it,” he told the staff. According to To the New York Times.
This change in leadership follows an overall picture of continued tumultuous change for the cable news network. (Related: Liberal journalists are being fired from left and right at major news organizations)
MSNBC has seen its ratings fall off a cliff following President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide victory. reportedly It renegotiated the contracts of major stars such as Joy Reid, Stephanie Ruhl, and Rachel Maddow.
In a bid to recover, the network announced Monday that it would temporarily air Maddow’s show every night at 9 p.m. for the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency.
Parent company Comcast schedule To sell the network.
