{"id":2431650,"date":"2025-05-06T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-under-new-parent-company-versant-amid-comcast-spinoff-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:11:41","slug":"msnbc-under-new-parent-company-versant-amid-comcast-spinoff-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-under-new-parent-company-versant-amid-comcast-spinoff-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC under new parent company Versant amid Comcast spinoff &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-under-new-parent-company-versant-amid-comcast-spinoff-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MSNBC is transitioning to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a> named Versant, following Comcast&#8217;s spinoff of several cable channels.Versant,previously known as SpinCo,will oversee various networks including MSNBC,CNBC,USA,and others. The CEO, Mark Lazarus, emphasized that the name reflects the company&#8217;s mission to be adaptable and diverse in its offerings. While the focus will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >developing individual brands<\/a> rather than the corporate identity, Lazarus mentioned potential plans to acquire Democratic-oriented podcasts that would operate separately from traditional broadcasting. the spinoff from comcast is expected to be finalized by the end of 2025, while Comcast retains ownership of certain brands like NBCUniversal and the streaming service Peacock. In upcoming programming changes, MSNBC is set to expand Jen Psaki&#8217;s new show, while it recently canceled another program hosted by Joy Reid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MSNBC under new parent company Versant amid Comcast spinoff<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2114972\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The new parent company of a large chunk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/comcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Comcast&rsquo;s<\/a> cable output has settled on a new name as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3235901\/comcast-moving-forward-spinoff-msnbc-other-cable-channels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MSNBC and other channels are being spun off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Versant, which previously went by the temporary name SpinCo, will serve as the new house for a plethora of cable networks, including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and the Golf Channel. Versant CEO Mark Lazarus argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/06\/comcast-spinco-corporate-name-versant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tractor-supplys-dei-reversal-shows-citizen-activism-works\/\" title=\"Tractor Supply&#039;s DEI Reversal ...s Citizen Activism Works\">company&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s new name is meant to highlight its versatility<\/a> with the intended purpose of being viewed as a house of different brands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3402941\/trump-hollywood-tariffs-teamsters-sean-obrien\/\">Trump tariffs will beat &#8216;greedy&#8217; Hollywood: Teamsters president Sean O&#8217;Brien<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3401868\/c-span-seven-year-effort-streaming-giants\/\">C-SPAN&rsquo;s 7-year effort to secure a spot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-justifies-spending-465-million-on-one-season-of-lord-of-the-rings-series\/\" title=\"Amazon Justifies Spending 5 Million On One Season Of \u2018Lord Of The Rings\u2019 Series\">streaming giants<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3401680\/walmart-pride-apparel-mocked-cringe-viral-tiktok\/\">Walmart&rsquo;s Pride apparel mocked as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-aoc-julia-louis-dreyfus-and-others-record-a-nuclear-grade-cringe-video-for-the-late-show-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton, AOC, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and others record a \u2018nuclear grade cringe\u2019 video for \u2018The Late ...\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">cringe&#038;rsquo<\/a>; in viral TikTok ahead of Pride Month<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to focus on the individual brands that we have, not the corporate name,&rdquo; Lazarus said. &ldquo;This is a holding company name. It&rsquo;s going to be used for business-to-business purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the company&rsquo;s plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/msnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MSNBC<\/a>, Lazarus said he has engaged in some discussions on buying several podcasts that appeal to Democrats. If the company were to make such an acquisition, he said these programs would not be put on broadcast television, and instead operate separately.<\/p>\n<p>Lazarus also stated that there are no plans for Versant to launch its own streaming service.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3401868\/c-span-seven-year-effort-streaming-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">C-SPAN&rsquo;S 7-YEAR EFFORT TO SECURE A SPOT ON STREAMING GIANTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company is set to complete its spinoff from Comcast by the end of 2025. NBCUniversal brands to be kept by Comcast include its broadcast network, the streaming service Peacock Universal Studios, Bravo, and its theme parks.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, MSNBC announced that it would be expanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3390442\/jen-psaki-show-latest-schedule-msnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jen Psaki&rsquo;s presence on the network<\/a>, with her new show <em>The Briefing with Jen Psaki<\/em> airing four nights a week from Tuesday through Friday. Earlier this year, MSNBC fired anchor Joy Reid, canceling her show <em>TheReidout<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2114972\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2114972\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC is now under Versant, a new parent company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2431651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Comcast-Versant-1024x576.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54738,54739,40587,3746,54737],"class_list":["post-2431650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-comcast-spinoff","tag-corporate-mergers","tag-media-news","tag-msnbc","tag-versant"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Comcast-Versant-1024x576.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431654,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431650\/revisions\/2431654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}