With its imminent nbcuniversal benefits (and with it a split from NBC News), MSNBC continues to put its Newscent News division into personnel.
The Hollywood Reporter A learned that MSNBC caused four correspondents, some of whom will be familiar to NBC News viewers.
Perhaps more specifically, MSNBC has equipped its White House team, one of the most critical roles for any press organization. Vaughn Hillyard will become the main correspondent of the White House of MSNBC, with Laura Barrón-López also named correspondent of the White House.
Hillyard has been a White House correspondent for NBC News and has been used to MSNBC programming in recent years. Barrón-López was recently corresponding to the White House for the PBS Newshour and political analyst for CNN.
MSNBC also operated David Noriega as a correspondent based in Los Angeles, and Marc Santia as an investigation correspondent. Noriega was recently national corresponding for NBC News, while Santia was a journalist covering criminal justice, security issues and NBC 4 New York surveys.
MSNBC should be withdrawn from Nbcuniversal later this year and in a new company, side, which will also house CNBC, USA, Syfy, Golf Channel and other media brands. The spin-off means that MSNBC will no longer be able to take advantage of NBC resources and journalists, forcing the wired chain to develop its own news operation.
Following the imminent split, MSNBC made key hiring (including the senior vice-president of Newsgathering Scott Matthews and DC Sudeep Reddy), while losing key talents, like Steve Kornacki, which will remain focused on NBC News. The manager of the NBC news group, Jessica Kurdali, joins a slope to direct her talent strategy.
The new generation of correspondents highlights the extent to which MSNBC will have its own separate new operation once the fallout is completed. Staff is also a sign of green shots at a time differently gloomy for the media. With most press organizations losing staff, MSNBC hires (even if hiring meat is forced by a business split).
