The brand new president of MSNBC, Rebecca Kutler, held an unplanned digital assembly with Pleasure Reid’s workers after the present’s cancellation was leaked to the media.
An audio recording of the assembly concerning the leak was subsequently leaked to the media.
The recording was obtained by former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy, who wrote, “Staffers expressed frustration and disbelief, outraged that that they had discovered of their present’s destiny from reviews within the press somewhat than management. Others demanded solutions concerning the reasoning behind the cancellation of “The Reidout” and what it meant for his or her futures on the community.”
Based on the report, Kutler confirmed that “your entire workers had been laid off” however would obtain severance pay by way of April. She additionally inspired them to use for different jobs throughout the firm.
Darcy reviews:
Regardless of MSNBC’s assurances that new roles will probably be out there, staffers exited the assembly shaken. The shock of studying about their present’s destiny, married with uncertainty about what comes subsequent, spurred important frustration with MSNBC brass—which got here by way of in the course of the Sunday assembly.
Whereas Kutler pointed to the greater than 100 new jobs being posted this week as an indication of hope for the staffers, for many who have labored on “The ReidOut,” the assembly drove residence a tough actuality: Their present is over, and their future on the progressive community will not be sure.
Although Kutler was apologetic about how they discovered about their misplaced jobs, workers remained outraged and stated it was a “horrible, horrible method to study our destiny.”
Darcy stated Kutler additionally insisted that “Donald Trump was not an element” within the present’s termination.
Kutler was requested if Trump’s place on the community factored in to the cancellation and she or he replied, “No, it didn’t.”
