Keith Olbermann rumoured to returning to MSNBC.
This is my first diary and I know a lot of people on this site liked him and since I haven't seen any diaries about it yet I decided to post this. Keith Olbermann is leaving ESPN and is rumoured to be in talks with MSNBC about returning to the network. From Mediate.....
" MSNBC Rumor Alert: Olbermann Coming Back? Several Shows Getting Slashed?
by Andrew Kirell | 12:51 pm, July 20th, 2015
olbermann_msnbcLate last year, as MSNBC bled primetime viewers, network chief Phil Griffin openly sought to âÂÂbroadenâ the channelâÂÂs coverage, away from progressive commentary-heavy talk shows and back to human interest stories and hard news. Since then, multiple shows have been cancelled and jobs have been called into question.
Mediaite has learned that an MSNBC Town Hall meeting is scheduled for July 23 with returning NBC News president Andy Lack, and that many staffers are, quote, âÂÂfreaking out.â Why? Well, because the struggling cable net has to figure out how to overhaul its programming following two of its worst quarterly performances in recent memory.
According to multiple sources within the network, the biggest rumor to emerge is that MSNBC has engaged in talks with soon-to-be-departed ESPN2 host Keith Olbermann about returning to the cable networkâÂÂs primetime lineup. Olbermann previously hosted Countdown from 2003 until 2011, and was an immensely controversial figure for the network, both internally and externally (2003 was a return to the network for Olbermann after a previously contentious run in the âÂÂ90s as well). For myriad reasons, it would be a stunning turn of events if Olbermann came back, but one could certainly argue that right now they need each other more than ever.
Bear in mind these are just rumours.. nothing solid that I know of as of yet.
Side note : I posted the whole article but was informed by helpful comments that it would violate copyrights so I instead will show part of the article Here is also a link to the website Mediaite. There is a link to this article on the top of the page. Hopefully this will remove any copyright issues. As I said this is my first diary.