{"id":641930,"date":"2021-08-13T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=641930"},"modified":"2021-08-13T19:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:06:23","slug":"rachel-maddow-considering-leaving-msnbc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-maddow-considering-leaving-msnbc-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Maddow Considering Leaving MSNBC: Report"},"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\">12<\/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%2Frachel-maddow-considering-leaving-msnbc-report%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=641930&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/82647B15-86FD-4AAF-A25A-ABA08C0AA6BD-scaled-e1628895920297.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC may lose the star of its highest-rated program, as numerous sources say Rachel Maddow is considering cutting ties with the network and launching her own streaming media venture when her contract expires early next year. But others are raising questions about the timing of the notice, which comes during heated negotiations with the left-wing cable news network.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow, whose show anchors the network\u2019s prime-time lineup, may start her own podcasting and streaming service to escape \u201cthe toll of hosting a nightly program since 2008,\u201d the website reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix people familiar with the situation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/rachel-maddow-considers-leaving-msnbc\">told<\/a> The Daily Beast that Maddow has \u201ca desire to spend more time with her family\u201d and escape the grind of hosting MSNBC\u2019s top-rated daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-rules-rachel-maddows-statements-cannot-reasonably-be-interpreted-as-allegations-of-fact\">opinion program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter seemed to confirm the rumors on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1425875034283839495\">tweeting<\/a> that the \u201cDaily Beast beat me to this one \u2014 I\u2019ve been hearing the same and was working on a story about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.0786516853933\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daily Beast beat me to this one \u2014 I\u2019ve been hearing the same and was working on a story about it \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hHSyexsaTx\">https:\/\/t.co\/hHSyexsaTx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1425875034283839495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If true, Maddow\u2019s departure would prove devastating to MSNBC in the short term. Her show has served as the network\u2019s ratings tent-pole for years.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRachel Maddow Show\u201d regularly makes the top five shows in prime time, the only offering at either MSNBC or CNN to do so \u2014 usually in the third or fourth spot behind \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d \u201cHannity,\u201d and \u201cThe Five.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No other personality in the left-wing cable news network\u2019s primetime schedule approaches her popularity. Joy Reid, the host of \u201cThe ReidOut,\u201d had the lowest ratings in the show\u2019s history last week, attracting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-struggles\">1.1 million<\/a> total viewers \u2014 about half of Maddow\u2019s typical audience. Maddow\u2019s lead-in, \u201cAll in with Chris Hayes\u201d at 8 p.m. Eastern, saw its audience contract to 1.2 million people, its lowest level in 55 months.<\/p>\n<p>And with Rachel Maddow on vacation last week, her show reached its smallest audience since December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has not been lost on network higher-ups that MSNBC does not have an immediate or obvious successor if Maddow chooses to leave,\u201d the Beast reports.<\/p>\n<p>The question facing most analysts is whether this is an honest expression of fatigue or a strong-arm negotiating tactic.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow, who rose rapidly from Massachusetts radio to be the face of MSNBC, has long been open about the pressure and wear inherent in hosting a daily program. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/01\/magazine\/rachel-maddow-trump.html\">told<\/a> The New York Times in 2019 that, while she has no aversion to long hours, \u201cit\u2019s not good to work incessant long days, five days a week, 50 weeks a year for 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Maddow recently hired a more aggressive team to represent her in contract negotiations with MSNBC\u2019s parent company, NBCUniversal. And the desire to \u201cspend time with family\u201d is the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2002-jan-31-lv-resign31-story.html\">shopworn excuse<\/a> in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow jettisoned Napoli Management Group in favor of Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and President Mark Shapiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/rachel-maddow-endeavor-msnbc-contract-1234996897\/\">according<\/a> to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Talks have since gotten \u201cheated,\u201d two sources told The Daily Beast. \u201cNothing has been decided,\u201d Shapiro told the website. \u201cWe are deep into it with NBCUniversal, and Rachel has an excellent relationship with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Maddow\u2019s purported desire to leave the network leaked out shortly after the shake-up, and the news made the show business Bible, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/tv\/news\/rachel-maddow-msnbc-negotiations-contract-1235040483\/\">Variety<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this on the level, or is Maddow playing hardball with MSNBC in contract negotiations?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2021\/08\/13\/whoa-maddow-heading-for-msnbcs-exits-in-an-election-year-n408646\">asked<\/a> Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow currently earns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9888435\/Rachel-Maddow-considering-leaving-MSNBC-contract-ends-year.html\">$7 million<\/a> a year and has an estimated net worth of $25 million, according to multiple sources. She reportedly wants more time off and greater scheduling flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Has the far-Left host suddenly discovered the virtues of entrepreneurship? While Maddow has a firm grip on the \u201cMSNBC Moms\u201d who form the core of her audience \u2014 and some independent media ventures, like Glenn Beck\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazetv.com\/\">BlazeTV<\/a>, do work out \u2014 most attract only a fraction of their former network audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf&nbsp;she wants to see how that path works, she can just cast a glance at the career of her former mentor Keith Olbermann and see how well he\u2019s done in the podcast\/self-publication space,\u201d wrote Morrissey.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the truth, the prospect of losing Maddow\u2019s star quality has instilled fear at every level of the network. NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCUniversal News Group Chair Cesar Conde \u201cremain focused on retaining her, and are gearing up to offer her a major contract extension in order to do so,\u201d The Daily Beast reported.<\/p>\n<p>And at least one of her fellow MSNBC personalities burst into an unprompted moment of praise on the air Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are our North Star,\u201d Ali Velshi, who guest hosted \u201cThe Last Word with Lawrence O\u2019Donnell,\u201d gushed. \u201cYou are revered and respected, and I am not alone in saying that. I speak for my colleagues when I say I appreciate you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A clearly moved Maddow replied, \u201cYou\u2019re going to make me cry without even explaining why?\u201d Velshi said the praise came from his recent experience guest-hosting her show. \u201cI know that your viewers do because, when I was sitting in that chair for a few weeks, they wanted me to make sure you knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are very, very kind,\u201d Maddow replied, her eyes welling up with tears. \u201cI have to go now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC may lose the star of its highest-rated program, as numerous sources say Rachel Maddow is considering cutting ties with the network and launching her own streaming media venture when &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641930","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}