Most alarming to some, Jones appears to be re-examining the mission of MSNBC, signaling she wants to battle CNN on breaking news rather than focus on its “personality-driven, opinion programming with big stars,” a source said. Insiders described Jones, who succeeded longtime MSNBC president Phil Griffin in February, as “buttoned-up,” “young” and “lacking a creative vision” for the network, which is known for news analysis from talking heads like Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell and Brian Williams. “She isn’t creative - and that concerns me.” “Rashida has a lot of good qualities, but I don’t think she is someone who corrals big talent,” said an MSNBC insider. Network insiders told The Post they worried that the hard-news-focused Jones doesn’t have the contacts or the drive needed to find someone to replace Maddow - and fill out the rest of MSNBC’s schedule. Still, that leaves the big question of who will fill Maddow’s shoes. Rachel Maddow recently renegotiated an expansive contract that will see her eventually step away from her primetime show. It will let her develop projects across the network and also allow her to step aside from hosting her 9 p.m. Maddow ended up inking a broader deal that was worth a whopping $30 million a year through 2024, according to the Daily Beast, which cited anonymous sources. “She doesn’t really get what primetime does.” MSNBC president Rashida Jones is tasked with reconfiguring the network’s primetime lineup once Maddow steps aside. “Rashida’s love is in hard news,” an insider said, pointing to the exec’s past roles guiding MSNBC’s daytime news coverage and NBC News’ coverage. The issue burst into the open last month when news leaked that Rachel Maddow, the network’s star, had been negotiating a new contract and had threatened to leave. That makes some employees nervous that MSNBC isn’t adequately focused on shoring up its primetime lineup of opinion-focused shows that draw in the most loyal viewers. Staffers say recent meetings with Jones and her boss, NBCUniversal news chief Cesar Conde, have focused on hard news - with the execs boasting of ratings wins over CNN on breaking stories, such as this summer’s congressional hearings on the Jan. MSNBC staffers are panicking over the direction of the left-leaning news network under newly minted President Rashida Jones, fearing that she’s gearing up for a costly and potentially disastrous battle with CNN, The Post has learned. MSNBC accidentally doxxed congresswoman assaulted in DC apartment buildingĪdams blames ‘woke’ Dems for ‘hemorrhaging’ of Latinos, Asians from party Professor calls for ‘animals to be represented in court’Įx-MSNBC host says she had to get permission to criticize Hillary Clinton
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