Maddow, the biggest star and highest-rated anchor at MSNBC, will get to keep her executive producer, Cory Gnazzo, and several other senior producers, the people said.
An MSNBC source said that the changes were not “widespread layoffs” but rather the reallocation of producers to support new programs and priorities.
They said the new roles were being posted internally first and would not be posted externally until affected employees had had a chance to reapply.
The manner of the personnel changes – having employees reapply for roles in time slots they already produce – are unprecedented at MSNBC at this scale.
Typically, MSNBC has taken great pains to redistribute staffers without laying them off after shows have been cancelled.
Over the weekend, Status reported that a staff member from Reid’s show asked the new MSNBC president, Rebecca Kutler, about the future of the show’s staff.
On Monday night, Maddow appeared to criticize MSNBC for the recent programming shake-ups and the treatment of its staff during a monologue on her show. »
