I remain very curious to know what MSNBC and CNBC will be renamed to. I'm guessing MSNBC will become Verity, but that's only because Copilot suggested it as one of the names when I asked it.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > They now have their first news exec, with *Nightly News*' Meghan Rafferty > becoming VP/news standards, cuz lord knows they're gonna need 'em in the > face of *le gros orange*... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nbc-nightly-news-ep-meghan-rafferty-leaves-for-versant-1236331486/ > (link) > B > > On Monday, July 28, 2025 at 12:29:56 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> If they had any sense of humor, they'd have called the spinoff >> "Kabletown" or "Sheinhardt Wig Company". >> On Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 1:26:01 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: >> >>> They introduced their board early today (7/24)... noticeable by his >>> absence, Kabletown czar Brian Roberts... chairing will be David Novak, once >>> of fast food titans Yum!, who will not remain on CMCS' board... Mark >>> Lazarus will be CEO: >>> >>> https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/versant-board-of-directors-comcast-spinoff-company-1236468998/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> Mark Jeffries, May 8th: >>> >>> The dumping ground for Comcast's cable channels and websites (except >>> Bravo), called tentatively Spinco, is now Versant, evoking strength and >>> forward movement (yeah, that describes the cable business right >>> now--not)--the company will be leaving 30 Rock within the next year, with >>> MSNBC or whatever it's going to be called moving with it, CNBC is staying >>> in Englewood Cliffs and both channels' Washington bureaus will move to >>> another floor away from NBC News in the building they're in now: >>> >>> https://www.thewrap.com/comcast-spinoff-name-versant/ >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/07bbedce-031e-4709-8139-93c7456ba21dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/07bbedce-031e-4709-8139-93c7456ba21dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrwSmwhF193NRUZTe-YXmLodjtrjQvbPz7-WWZbzP2DvA%40mail.gmail.com.
