95-457: Tiffany D. Cross (born February 6, 1979) is an American television personality, political analyst, and author. From 2020 to 2022, she was the host of The Cross Connection , a Saturday morning MSNBC show. Cross was born in Ohio . While growing up she moved between Cleveland, Ohio , and Atlanta, Georgia . When she was a teenager, she wanted to be the "brown Murphy Brown ". During this time, Cross
190-420: A news ticker on the bottom of the screen to keep up with the flow of information that day. The ticker has remained, informing viewers about additional news which reporters may not mention on-screen and repeating news mentioned during a broadcast; it has proven popular with viewers. In January 2002, Fox News surpassed CNN in ratings for the first time. In 2023, The Economist reported that Murdoch had "ditched
285-608: A Black lens". MSNBC MSNBC (originally short for Microsoft NBC ) is an American news -based television channel and website headquartered in New York City. It is owned by NBCUniversal — a subsidiary of Comcast — and provides news coverage and political commentary. The network produces live broadcasts for its channel from studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan , New York City, and aggregates its coverage and commentary on its website, msnbc.com. In
380-595: A Spanish section. According to NewsGuard , "Much of FoxNews.com's content, particularly articles produced by beat reporters and broadcasts produced by network correspondents, is accurate and well-sourced ... However, FoxNews.com has regularly advanced false and misleading claims on topics including the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol , the Russo-Ukrainian War , COVID-19 , and U.S. elections ". In September 2008, FNC joined other channels in introducing
475-518: A brand, with a large dose of opinion and personality." In January 2001, Mike Barnicle 's MSNBC show started, but it was canceled in June 2001 because of high production costs. In June, Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said that he would not have started MSNBC had he foreseen the difficulty of attracting viewers. After the September 11, 2001 attacks , NBC used MSNBC as an outlet for
570-435: A conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers . Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant United States cable news subscription network. By September 2018, 87 million U.S. households (91 percent of television subscribers) could receive Fox News. In 2019, it
665-471: A crucial time — four days before the midterm elections... With a rapidly changing media landscape, I look forward to maintaining a platform that continues to reflect the changing demographics of the country." In 2024, Cross began hosting the Native Land Podcast alongside attorney/commentator Angela Rye and politician Andrew Gillum . The podcast bills itself as "a 2024 election journey through
760-525: A fourth marketing force" to compete directly with CBS , NBC , and ABC through the purchase of six television stations owned by Metromedia . In July 1985, 20th Century Fox announced Murdoch had completed his purchase of 50% of Fox Filmed Entertainment , the parent company of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. Subsequently, and prior to founding FNC, Murdoch had gained experience in the 24-hour news business when News Corporation 's BSkyB subsidiary began Europe's first 24-hour news channel ( Sky News ) in
855-579: A large ratings jump during the early stages of the U.S. invasion of Iraq . At the height of the conflict, according to some reports, Fox News had as much as a 300% increase in viewership (averaging 3.3 million viewers daily). In 2004, Fox News' ratings for its broadcast of the Republican National Convention exceeded those of the three major broadcast networks. During President George W. Bush 's address, Fox News attracted 7.3 million viewers nationally; NBC, ABC, and CBS had
950-416: A large studio in New York City, News Corporation enlisted the help of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 's administration to pressure Time Warner Cable (one of the city's two cable providers) to transmit Fox News on a city-owned channel. City officials threatened to take action affecting Time Warner's cable franchises in the city. During the September 11, 2001 attacks , Fox News was the first news organization to run
1045-424: A live streaming segment to its website: The Strategy Room , designed to appeal to older viewers. It airs weekdays from 9 AM to 5 PM and takes the form of an informal discussion, with running commentary on the news. Regular discussion programs include Business Hour , News With a View and God Talk . In March 2009, The Fox Nation was launched as a website intended to encourage readers to post articles commenting on
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#17327728478571140-440: A long-term lease of the former MSNBC building to become the home studios of MLB Network , which launched from the facility on January 1, 2009. From mid-2007 to mid-2008, MSNBC enjoyed a large increase in its Nielsen ratings . Primetime viewings increased by 61 percent. In May 2008, NBC News president Steve Capus said, "It used to be people didn't have to worry about MSNBC because it was an also-ran cable channel.... That's not
1235-709: A new logo, news ticker, and graphics package. MSNBC Live had at least eight hours of programming each day, barring any breaking news that could extend its time. Daytime news coverage was led primarily by Brian Williams, Stephanie Ruhle , Jose Diaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, Craig Melvin, Thomas Roberts, and Kate Snow, in addition to "beat leaders" stationed throughout the newsroom. These included chief legal correspondent Ari Melber , primary political reporter Steve Kornacki , business and finance correspondent Olivia Sterns, and senior editor Cal Perry . Morning and primetime programming did not change and remained filled mostly by opinionated personalities. In April 2016, MSNBC launched
1330-651: A plan" to remerge News Corporation with Fox because it "faced resistance from News Corp investors unhappy at the prospect of being lumped together with Fox News, which they consider a toxic brand." Later that year, Murdoch, then 92, said he would step down and that his son Lachlan would take over both Fox Corporation and News Corp. Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Fox News has been identified as practicing biased and false reporting in favor of
1425-604: A program in the 6 pm EST hour entitled For the Record with Greta , hosted by former Fox News Channel anchor Greta Van Susteren . The program aired for six months before being cancelled in late June 2017. The network promoted Ari Melber, the network's chief legal correspondent, to host The Beat with Ari Melber at 6pm. In March 2017, MSNBC began to increase its use of the NBC News branding during daytime news programming, as part of an effort to emphasize MSNBC's relationship with
1520-493: A promotional ad campaign with the theme, "in order to know beyond, you have to go beyond." The campaign portrayed MSNBC's reporting and perspectives as "in depth" and an alternative to "talking points" coverage on other cable news outlets. A new tagline "This is who we are" appeared on MSNBC in June 2016. Promotional campaigns including the slogan were aired in March 2017. In July 2016, the network debuted Dateline Extra , which
1615-724: A report on the public view of national news organizations. In the report, 72 percent of polled Republican Fox viewers rated the channel as "favorable", while 43 percent of polled Democratic viewers and 55 percent of all polled viewers shared that opinion. However, Fox was given the highest "unfavorable" rating of all national outlets studied (25 percent of all polled viewers). The report went on to say that "partisan differences in views of Fox News have increased substantially since 2007". A Public Policy Polling poll concluded in 2013 that positive perceptions of FNC had declined from 2010. 41% of polled voters said they trust it, down from 49% in 2010, while 46% said they distrust it, up from 37% in 2010. It
1710-501: A revamp of its weekend programming, ending Mehdi Hasan ’s 9 p.m. ET show on Sundays and introducing an ensemble show, The Weekend , hosted by Alicia Menendez , Symone Sanders-Townsend , and Michael Steele from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The revamp would also end Yasmin Vossoughian Reports , Symone , and American Voices and move The Sunday/Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart into
1805-585: A sale would incur taxes (the spin-off is being structured to be tax-free), and that divesting the channel might not be seen as being in the best interest of shareholders. In September 2018, approximately 87 million households in the United States were receiving MSNBC, amounting to 90.7 percent of pay television subscribers. Nielsen ratings showed that MSNBC ranked second among basic cable networks, averaging 1.8 million viewers in 2019, behind rival Fox News . In 2022, average weekday primetime viewership
1900-475: A separate joint venture between Microsoft and NBC for another seven years.) NBC later exercised its option to purchase Microsoft's remaining 18 percent interest in MSNBC. In late 2005, MSNBC began attracting liberal and progressive viewers as Keith Olbermann began critiquing and satirizing conservative media commentators during his Countdown With Keith Olbermann program. He especially focused his attention on
1995-720: A stolen election, while Fox continued to broadcast such claims. Other communications showed Fox CEO Suzanne Scott stating that fact-checking such claims would alienate Fox viewers. Fox settled the lawsuit in 2023 by agreeing to pay Dominion $ 787.5 million and acknowledging the court ruling that Fox had broadcast false statements about Dominion. According to Pew Research Center , in 2019, 65 percent of Republicans and people who lean Republican trusted Fox News. In May 1985, Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch announced that he and American industrialist and philanthropist Marvin Davis intended to develop "a network of independent stations as
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#17327728478572090-402: A viewership of 5.9 million, 5.1 million, and 5.0 million respectively. Between late 2005 and early 2006, Fox News saw a brief decline in ratings. One was in the second quarter of 2006, when it lost viewers for every prime-time program compared with the previous quarter. The audience for Special Report with Brit Hume , for example, dropped 19%. Several weeks later, in the wake of
2185-403: Is active, it is positive, it is about making tomorrow better than today, a discussion about politics and the actions and passions of our time." The new campaign embraces the network's politically progressive identity. The two-year advertising campaign would cost $ 2 million and consist of internet, television, and print advertising. The new positioning has created brand image issues for msnbc.com,
2280-787: Is composed of the NBC News , CNBC and MSNBC units. During 2014, MSNBC's total ratings in the 25–54 demographic declined 20 percent, falling to third place behind CNN. Nevertheless, MSNBC retained its lead among the Hispanic and African-American demographics. In 2015, to help revive the struggling network, Griffin announced he was transitioning MSNBC from left-leaning, opinionated programming to hard news programming. Nearly all daytime opinionated news programs were replaced with more generic news programs. Ronan Farrow , Joy Reid , Krystal Ball , Touré , Abby Huntsman , Alex Wagner , and Ed Schultz lost their shows. Al Sharpton 's PoliticsNation
2375-490: Is done from Levin's personal studio in Virginia . Audio simulcasts of the channel are aired on SiriusXM Satellite Radio . In an October 11, 2009, in a New York Times article, Fox said its hard-news programming runs from "9 AM to 4 PM and 6 to 8 PM on weekdays". However, it makes no such claims for its other broadcasts, which primarily consist of editorial journalism and commentary. Fox News Channel began broadcasting in
2470-442: Is expanding enormously". In February 1996, after former U.S. Republican Party political strategist and NBC executive Roger Ailes left cable television channel America's Talking (now MSNBC ), Murdoch asked him to start Fox News Channel. Ailes demanded five months of 14-hour workdays and several weeks of rehearsal shows before its launch on October 7, 1996. At its debut 17 million households were able to watch FNC; however, it
2565-543: Is hosted by the former White House press secretary. Between February and September of 2023, the Monday edition of All In with Chris Hayes also featured rotating guest hosts, with Chris Hayes only hosting from Tuesdays to Fridays in order to accommodate Hayes' other projects. On September 7, 2023, it was announced that the program would be replaced by a new, second Monday-night edition of Inside with Jen Psaki beginning September 25. On January 13, 2024, MSNBC implemented
2660-438: The 2006 North Korean missile test and the 2006 Lebanon War , Fox saw a surge in viewership and remained the top-rated cable news channel. Fox produced eight of the top ten most-watched nightly cable news shows, with The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes finishing first and second respectively. FNC ranked No. 8 in viewership among all cable channels in 2006, and No. 7 in 2007. The channel ranked number one during
2755-467: The 720p resolution format on May 1, 2008. This format is available on all major cable and satellite providers. Fox News Media produces Fox News Sunday , which airs on Fox Broadcasting and re-airs on FNC. Fox News also produces occasional special event coverage that is broadcast on FBC. With the growth of the FNC, the company introduced a radio division, Fox News Radio , in 2003. Syndicated throughout
2850-540: The Democratic Party in a negative light. Critics have argued that the channel is damaging to the integrity of news overall. In 2009, Fox News denied bias in its news reporting. The channel's official position was that its reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism . Media analyst Brian Stelter , who has written extensively about the network, observed in 2021 that in more recent years it had adjusted its programming to present "less news on
2945-573: The Fox News Channel and Bill O'Reilly , its principal primetime commentator. On June 7, 2006, Rick Kaplan resigned as president of MSNBC after holding the post for two years. Five days later, Dan Abrams , a nine-year veteran of MSNBC and NBC News, was named general manager of MSNBC with immediate effect. NBC News senior vice president Phil Griffin would oversee MSNBC while continuing to oversee NBC News' Today program, with Abrams reporting to Griffin. On June 29, 2006, Abrams announced
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3040-477: The 6 p.m. ET slot and The Katie Phang Show to 12 p.m. ET on Saturdays. Ayman would also expand to two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays, and Alex Witt Reports would take over Yasmin Vossoughian’s vacated two hours, now airing from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays. Alex Witt Reports would then be followed at 4 p.m. ET by The Beat Weekend on Saturdays and MSNBC Prime Weekend on Sundays;
3135-587: The Fox News archive is handled by ITN Source, the archiving division of ITN . FNC presents a variety of programming, with up to 15 hours of live broadcasting per day in addition to programming and content for the Fox Broadcasting Company . Most programs are broadcast from Fox News headquarters in New York City (at 1211 Avenue of the Americas ), in its streetside studio on Sixth Avenue in
3230-431: The MSNBC hub on the service, along with documentaries from MSNBC Films . During the months of October and November and with the 2022 United States elections , Steve Kornacki started hosting The Kornacki Countdown every Friday, temporarily replacing The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell from October 14 to November 8. On March 19, 2023, MSNBC premiered the new Sunday-morning program Inside with Jen Psaki , which
3325-837: The NBC News family originate from the New York studios daily. MSNBC also announced new studios near the Universal Studios lot. MSNBC's master control did not make the move to 30 Rock. It remained in the old Secaucus headquarters until it completed its move to the NBC Universal Network Origination Center located inside the CNBC Global Headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey , on December 21, 2007. Shortly thereafter, Major League Baseball firmed up
3420-515: The NBC brand. Following the announcement, reports emerged of unsolicited offers to buy the network from several parties (as well as X owner Elon Musk having joked about doing so). CNN media analyst Brian Stelter believed it was unlikely MSNBC would be sold, as NBCUniversal never declared any intent to divest properties when announcing the spin-off (and, on the contrary, suggested that the spin-off planned to target further investments and acquisitions),
3515-426: The New York City studios) are broadcast from Fox News's Washington, D.C. studios, located on Capitol Hill across from Washington Union Station in a secured building shared by a number of other television networks, which includes NBC News and C-SPAN . The Next Revolution is broadcast from Fox News' Los Angeles bureau studio, which is also used for news updates coming from Los Angeles. Life, Liberty & Levin
3610-825: The Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes, while portraying the Democratic Party in a negative light. Fox News has been characterized by critics, commentators, and researchers as a propaganda organization and damaging to the integrity of news overall. Fox News has denied bias in its news reporting and the channel's official position is that its news reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism . The channel has knowingly endorsed false conspiracy theories to promote Republican and conservative causes. FNC maintains an archive of most of its programs. This archive also includes Movietone News series of newsreels from its now Disney-owned namesake movie studio, 20th Century Fox . Licensing for
3705-640: The Tagovailoa's treatment showed that white NFL coaches fail to protect "Black bodies." In fact, the Dolphins' head coach, Mike McDaniel , is biracial and Tagovailoa is of Samoan descent. On November 4, 2022, MSNBC informed her production staff that Cross's contract would not be renewed. Variety reported that "executives at the network [were] growing concerned about the anchor’s willingness to address statements made by cable-news hosts on other networks and indulging in commentary executives felt did not meet
3800-519: The U.S., and as of 2023 generates approximately 70% of its parent company's pre-tax profit. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan . Fox News provides a service to 86 countries and territories, with international broadcasts featuring Fox Extra segments during advertising breaks. The channel was created by Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996 to appeal to
3895-561: The United Kingdom in 1989. With the success of his efforts establishing Fox as a TV network in the United States, experience gained from Sky News and the turnaround of 20th Century Fox, Murdoch announced on January 30, 1996, that News Corp. would launch a 24-hour news channel on cable and satellite systems in the United States as part of a News Corp. "worldwide platform" for Fox programming: "The appetite for news – particularly news that explains to people how it affects them –
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3990-616: The United States (90.7 percent of pay television subscribers) were receiving MSNBC. On March 2, 2020, Chris Matthews abruptly announced his resignation from Hardball effective immediately, after comparing the rise of Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential campaign to the German invasion of France. The 7 p.m. hour was hosted by rotating anchors until July 20, when it was replaced by The ReidOut with Joy Reid. On December 7, 2020, MSNBC announced that Rashida Jones would succeed Griffin as president in 2021. Jones stated goals to increase
4085-493: The United States, the division provides short newscasts and talk radio programs featuring personalities from the television and radio divisions. In 2006, the company also introduced Fox News Talk , a satellite radio station featuring programs syndicated by (and featuring) Fox News personalities. Introduced in December 1995, the Fox News website features news articles and videos about national and international news. Content on
4180-581: The aftermath of September 11, MSNBC began calling itself "America's NewsChannel" and hired opinionated hosts like Alan Keyes , Phil Donahue , Pat Buchanan , and Tucker Carlson . This branding makeover, however, was followed by declining ratings. On December 23, 2005, NBCUniversal announced its acquisition of an additional 32 percent share of MSNBC from Microsoft, which solidified its control over television operations and allowed NBC to further consolidate MSNBC's backroom operations with NBC News and its other cable properties. (The news website msnbc.com remained
4275-447: The air and more opinions-about-the-news" throughout the day, on concerns it was losing viewers to more conservative competitors that were presenting such content. After Dominion Voting Systems initiated a defamation lawsuit against Fox regarding their reporting on the 2020 presidential election , Fox's internal communications were released. The communications showed that its presenters and senior executives privately doubted claims of
4370-405: The arrangement could be illegal. After entering into a new contract, FiOS added the channel in New York City and New Jersey on February 2, 2010. In southern Africa, MSNBC is distributed free-to-air on satellite on Free2View TV as MSNBC Africa, a joint venture between Great Media Limited and MSNBC. Free2View airs MSNBC's programming from 4 p.m. to midnight ET in a block that repeats twice (live for
4465-420: The case anymore." Tim Russert 's sudden death in June 2008 removed the person whom The Wall Street Journal called the " rudder for the network" and led to a period of transition. During the 2008 presidential election , MSNBC's coverage was anchored by Olbermann, Chris Matthews , and David Gregory . They were widely viewed as the face of the channel's political coverage. During the first three months of
4560-577: The channel competitive in the program's time slot for the first time in over a decade. In the first quarter of 2010, MSNBC beat CNN in primetime and overall ratings, marking the first time doing so since 2001. The channel also beat CNN in total adult viewers in March, marking the seventh out of the past eight months that MSNBC achieved that result. In addition, the programs Morning Joe , The Ed Show , Hardball with Chris Matthews , Countdown with Keith Olbermann , and The Rachel Maddow Show finished ahead of their time slot competitors at CNN. In
4655-432: The division. On May 8, 2017, MSNBC introduced a new late-afternoon program, Deadline: White House , hosted by NBC political analyst and former White House communications director Nicolle Wallace . That month, MSNBC became the highest rated American cable news network in primetime for the first time. MSNBC's increasing viewership was accompanied by declining numbers at Fox News Channel. MSNBC's May 15–19 programming topped
4750-401: The eight most commonly named main sources for political and election news by US adults, MSNBC and Fox News have the most partisan audiences. Before 2010, MSNBC was not available to Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse television subscribers in the portions of New York State , northern New Jersey , and Connecticut that overlapped Cablevision 's service area. One of several reasons for this
4845-416: The episode would be the final episode of Countdown . His departure received much media attention. MSNBC issued a statement that it had ended its contract with Olbermann, with no further explanation. Olbermann later revealed that he had taken his show to Current TV . NBCUniversal News Group was created on July 19, 2012, under chairwoman Pat Fili-Krushel. It has been the news division of NBCUniversal. It
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#17327728478574940-538: The first airing), with local Weather Channel forecasts. Fox News The Fox News Channel ( FNC ), commonly known as Fox News , is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City . It is owned by Fox News Media , which itself is owned by the Fox Corporation . It is the most-watched cable news network in
5035-563: The first prime-time GOP candidates' forum of the 2016 campaign on August 6. The debate reached a record-breaking 24 million viewers, by far the largest audience for any cable news event. A 2017 study by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University found that Fox News was the third most-shared source among supporters of Donald Trump on Twitter during the 2016 presidential election , behind The Hill and Breitbart News . In 2018, Fox News
5130-689: The fourth quarter of 2023, MSNBC was the second most-watched cable news network in the U.S., averaging 792,000 total day viewers, behind rival Fox News , which averaged 1.212 million viewers, and ahead of CNN , which averaged 502,000 viewers. In 2023, one of MSNBC's most watched shows, The Beat with Ari Melber , averaged 1.8 million viewers. In 2023, MSNBC's top five highest-rated shows were The Rachel Maddow Show , The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell , Deadline: White House , The Beat with Ari Melber , and All In with Chris Hayes . In November 2023, MSNBC's most watched nightly shows were The Beat with Ari Melber and Deadline: White House ; The Beat
5225-566: The highest among three major cable news networks and ahead of CNN . A 2014 Pew Research Center study found that MSNBC's audience was more moderate than that of BuzzFeed , Politico , The Washington Post , and The New York Times , but slightly more liberal than CNN 's audience. A 2019 Pew Research Center survey showed that among Americans who named MSNBC as their main source for political news, 74% are ages 50 or older, with 44% ages 65 or older. 95% of those who named MSNBC as their main political news source identify as Democrats ; among
5320-416: The host (with on-screen text summarizing the position of the interviewer or speaker, and "bullet points" when a host was delivering commentary). Fox News also created the "Fox News Alert", which interrupted its regular programming when a breaking news story occurred. To accelerate its adoption by cable providers, Fox News paid systems up to $ 11 per subscriber to distribute the channel. This contrasted with
5415-462: The joint venture. Microsoft invested $ 221 million for a 50 percent share of the cable channel. MSNBC and Microsoft shared the cost of a $ 200 million newsroom in Secaucus, New Jersey , for msnbc.com . The network took over the channel space of NBC's 2-year-old America's Talking (AT) network, although in most cases cable carriage had to be negotiated with providers who had never carried AT. MSNBC
5510-494: The last three months of the campaign in the key 25–54 age demographic. In September 2008, the channel hired political analyst and Air America Radio personality Rachel Maddow to host a new political opinion program called The Rachel Maddow Show . The move to create a new program for the channel was widely seen as a well-calculated ratings move, where beforehand, MSNBC lagged behind in coveted primetime ratings. The show regularly outperformed CNN's Larry King Live , and made
5605-617: The managing editor of The Beat DC. As of August, Cross, Jonathan Capehart and Zerlina Maxwell were being considered for the weekend slot by MSNBC. In December, Cross was named host of a new two-hour show on MSNBC, Cross Connection (often stylized as Crosstalk ), replacing Reid's AM Joy Saturday slot, with Capehart taking the Sunday slot and Maxwell hosting her own show on NBC Peacock . In October 2022, Cross generated controversy over Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa 's recent concussions. During her October 8 broadcast, Cross said
5700-503: The network in late 2021 and was succeeded on The 11th Hour by Stephanie Ruhle. Meanwhile, as part of her new contract with NBCUniversal, Rachel Maddow took an extended hiatus from her program in order to focus on other film and podcast projects, with rotating guest hosts filling in for her. Upon Maddow's return, she announced that she would only host the show on Monday nights beginning in May 2022, and continue to feature guest hosts throughout
5795-516: The network's investment into documentary-style programs, and to have viewers "clearly understand" the differences and value of its news-based and analysis-driven programming, as both were "critical to our future success", and "need to exist in a clear and compelling form on every single platform where news consumers go." As part of this remit, Jones named separate senior vice presidents for news programming and "perspective and analysis" programming. In January 2021, MSNBC had its highest-rated week ever in
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#17327728478575890-514: The news. Fox News Mobile is the portion of the FNC website dedicated to streaming news clips formatted for video-enabled mobile phones. In 2018, FNC announced that it would launch a subscription video on demand service known as Fox Nation . It serves as a companion service to FNC, carrying original and acquired talk, documentary, and reality programming designed to appeal to Fox News viewers. Some of its original programs feature Fox News personalities and contributors. In 2003, Fox News saw
5985-423: The news. During the evening, Fox featured opinion shows: The O'Reilly Report (later The O'Reilly Factor ), The Crier Report (hosted by Catherine Crier ) and Hannity & Colmes . From the beginning, FNC has placed heavy emphasis on visual presentation. Graphics were designed to be colorful and gain attention; this helped the viewer to grasp the main points of what was being said, even if they could not hear
6080-501: The normal practice, in which cable operators paid stations carriage fees for programming. When Time Warner bought Ted Turner 's Turner Broadcasting System , a federal antitrust consent decree required Time Warner to carry a second all-news channel in addition to its own CNN on its cable systems . Time Warner selected MSNBC as the secondary news channel, not Fox News. Fox News claimed this violated an agreement (to carry Fox News). Citing its agreement to keep its U.S. headquarters and
6175-413: The number-one cable news network in primetime among both African American and Hispanic viewers. On October 11, 2010, MSNBC unveiled a new televised advertising campaign and slogan called "Lean Forward". "We've taken on CNN and we beat them," MSNBC president Phil Griffin told employees at a series of celebratory "town hall" meetings. "Now it's time to take on Fox." Concerning the campaign, Griffin said, "It
6270-416: The object of various criticisms , most centering around accusations of a liberal bias and of other biases. MSNBC was established in 1996 under a strategic partnership between NBC and Microsoft . NBC executive Tom Rogers was instrumental in developing the partnership. James Kinsella , a Microsoft executive, served as president of the online component, MSNBC.com, and represented the technology company in
6365-399: The presidential campaign, MSNBC's ratings grew by 158 percent. Olbermann and Matthews, however, were criticized for expressing left-leaning opinions on the channel. Both were later removed from their anchor positions. Audience viewership during the 2008 presidential campaign more than doubled from the 2004 presidential election , and the channel topped CNN in ratings for the first time during
6460-527: The press release, MSNBC Investigates promised to "complement MSNBC's existing programming by building on [the channel's] library of award-winning documentaries." The move to taped programming during 10 and 11 p.m. probably resulted from MSNBC's successful Friday "experiment" of replacing all primetime programming with taped specials. On September 24, 2007, Abrams announced that he was leaving his general manager position so he could focus on his 9:00 p.m. ET talk show, Live With Dan Abrams . Oversight of MSNBC
6555-412: The programming of both CNN and Fox News in total viewers and viewers 18–49. On April 16, 2018, MSNBC premiered a new early morning program, Morning Joe First Look , to replace Way Too Early . The same day, MSNBC also retired its on-air news ticker , citing a desire to reduce distractions and "[put] our reporting more front and center". . As of September 2018, approximately 87 million households in
6650-500: The rest of the week. The guest hosts appeared under the MSNBC Prime banner until August 16, 2022, when Alex Wagner began to host the permanent program Alex Wagner Tonight in that timeslot. On March 10, 2022, MSNBC announced it would offer on-demand episodes of all of its news programming, excluding MSNBC Reports , The Rachel Maddow Show , and Alex Wagner Tonight on Peacock , and The Choice from MSNBC folded into
6745-415: The revamp of MSNBC's early-primetime and primetime schedule. On July 10, Tucker (formerly The Situation with Tucker Carlson ) started airing at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET (taking over Abrams' old timeslot), while Rita Cosby 's Live & Direct was canceled. Cosby was made the primary anchor for MSNBC Investigates at 10 and 11 p.m. ET, a new program that took over Cosby and Carlson's timeslots. According to
6840-413: The standards of MSNBC or NBC News", while Black Enterprise linked the decision to Cross saying on a Comedy Central show just hours before that "Florida literally looks like the d--k of the country, so let's get rid of Florida" and "Let's castrate Florida". In response to the cancellation, Cross stated, "I am disheartened to learn of MSNBC's decision to cancel my show, The Cross Connection , at such
6935-516: The stories CNN was running. NBC also highlighted their broadcast connections by airing stories directly from NBC's network affiliates, along with breaking news coverage from the same sources. MSNBC gradually increased its emphasis on politics. After completing its seven-year survey of cable channels, the Project for Excellence in Journalism said in 2007 that "MSNBC is moving to make politics
7030-467: The third quarter of 2010, MSNBC continued its solid lead over CNN, beating the network in total day for the first time since the second quarter of 2001 in the key adult demographic. The network also beat CNN for the fourth consecutive quarter, among both primetime and total viewers, as well as becoming the only cable news network to have its key adult demographic viewership grow over the last quarter, increasing by 4 percent. During this time, MSNBC also became
7125-528: The total day. In the third quarter of 2014, the network was the most-watched cable channel during prime time hours. During the final week of the campaign for the United States elections, 2014 , Fox News had the highest ratings of any cable channel, news or otherwise. On election night itself, Fox News' coverage had higher ratings than that of any of the other five cable or network news sources among viewers between 25 and 54 years of age. The network hosted
7220-428: The two shows consist of highlighted segments from The Beat and MSNBC's personality-based programs respectively. On November 20, 2024, NBCUniversal announced its intent to spin off most of its cable networks, including MSNBC, as a new publicly-traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders. It is currently unclear how the spin-off will affect MSNBC, including whether it will still be able to use NBC News resources or
7315-547: The umbrella website for the television network. A New York Times article quotes Charlie Tillinghast, president of msnbc.com, a separate company, as saying, "Both strategies are fine, but naming them the same thing is brand insanity." As a result, msnbc.com eventually changed its name to prevent confusion with the television network, MSNBC; it rebranded the more news-driven msnbc.com as NBCNews.com in July 2012. On January 21, 2011, Olbermann announced his departure from MSNBC and
7410-598: The up-to-the-minute coverage being provided by NBC News as a supplement to the longer stories on broadcast NBC. With little financial news to cover, CNBC and CNBC Europe ran MSNBC for many hours each day following the attacks. The year also boosted the profile of Ashleigh Banfield , who was present during the collapse of Building 7 while covering the World Trade Center on September 11. Her Region In Conflict program capitalized on her newfound celebrity and showcased exclusive interviews from Afghanistan . In
7505-456: The wake of the January 6 United States Capitol attack , exceeding the ratings of Fox News for the first time since 2000. On March 29, 2021, MSNBC introduced a refreshed logo and on-air imaging, including a rebranding of its MSNBC Live rolling news block as MSNBC Reports (in support of Jones' goal of clearer separation between news- and analysis-based programs). Brian Williams departed
7600-533: The website is divided into politics, media, U.S., and business. Fox News' articles are based on the network's broadcasts, reports from Fox affiliates and articles produced by other news agencies, such as the Associated Press . Articles are usually accompanied by a video related to the article. Fox News Latino is the version aimed at a Hispanic audience, although presented almost entirely in English, with
7695-589: The week of April 15 to 21, 2013, Fox News, propelled by its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing , was the highest-ranked network on U.S. cable television, for the first time since August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States . January 2014 marked Fox News's 145th consecutive month as the highest-rated cable news channel. During that month, Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined in overall viewers in both prime time hours and
7790-620: The week of Barack Obama's election (November 3–9) in 2008, and reached the top spot again in January 2010 (during the week of the special Senate election in Massachusetts ). Comparing Fox to its 24-hour-news-channel competitors, in May 2010, the channel drew an average daily prime-time audience of 1.8 million viewers (versus 747,000 for MSNBC and 595,000 for CNN). In September 2009, the Pew Research Center published
7885-1320: The west wing of Rockefeller Center , sharing its headquarters with sister channel Fox Business Network . Fox News Channel has eight studios at its New York City headquarters that are used for its and Fox Business' programming: Studio B (used for Fox Business programming), Studio D (which has an area for studio audiences; no longer in current use), Studio E (used for Gutfeld! and The Journal Editorial Report ), Studio F (used for The Story with Martha MacCallum , The Five , Fox Democracy 2020, Fox & Friends , Outnumbered , The Faulkner Focus , and Fox News Primetime ), Studio G (which houses Fox Business shows, The Fox Report , Your World with Neil Cavuto , and Cavuto Live ), Studio H (Fox News Deck used for breaking news coverage, no longer in current use), Studio J (used for America's Newsroom , Hannity , Fox News Live , Fox & Friends First , and Sunday Morning Futures ) Starting in 2018 , Thursday Night Football had its pregame show, Fox NFL Thursday , originating from Studio F. Another Fox Sports program, First Things First , also broadcasts from Studio E. Other such programs (such as Special Report with Bret Baier , The Ingraham Angle , Fox News @ Night , Media Buzz , and editions of Fox News Live not broadcast from
7980-425: Was "the highest-rated non-Fox News show in the demo" on cable news, AdWeek reported. MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996, under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric 's NBC unit, hence the network's name. Microsoft divested itself of MSNBC in 2005, and its stake in msnbc.com in 2012. The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com , and a new msnbc.com was created. MSNBC has been
8075-436: Was 1.2 million, compared to rival Fox News's 2.3 million, a decline of 21% from the previous year, and with 148,000 viewers in the "key demographic" of viewers aged 25-54. In 2023, Variety reported that The Beat was one of the two "most-watched news programs on cable", alongside The Five on Fox News. During the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention , MSNBC had an average viewership of over 5 million,
8170-427: Was absent from the largest U.S. media markets of New York City and Los Angeles. Rolling news coverage during the day consisted of 20-minute single-topic shows such as Fox on Crime or Fox on Politics , surrounded by news headlines. Interviews featured facts at the bottom of the screen about the topic or the guest. The flagship newscast at the time was The Schneider Report , with Mike Schneider 's fast-paced delivery of
8265-521: Was also a huge fan of Oprah and has claimed to never miss an episode of her show. Growing up, her mother would often take her to the public library, where she found a love for reading and writing. Cross attended Clark Atlanta University , where she majored in mass communications with an emphasis on radio, television, and film. Cross has spent over 20 years working with media and politics, covering local, state, and federal campaigns and elections, as well as Washington D.C. politics. Her first journalism job
8360-453: Was also called the "most trusted" network by 34% of those polled, more than had said the same of any other network. On the night of October 22, 2012, Fox set a record for its highest-rated telecast , with 11.5 million viewers for the third U.S. presidential debate . In prime time the week before, Fox averaged almost 3.7 million viewers with a total day average of 1.66 million viewers. In prime time and total day ratings for
8455-424: Was an abridged version of Dateline NBC and another step towards aligning MSNBC and NBC News. The new program was hosted by MSNBC Live anchor Tamron Hall . In September 2016, MSNBC launched The 11th Hour with Brian Williams as a nightly wrap-up of the day's news and a preview of the following day's headlines. This was MSNBC's first new primetime program in nearly four years. In January 2017, MSNBC debuted
8550-505: Was an exclusive carriage agreement between MSNBC and Cablevision that prohibited competing wired providers from carrying MSNBC. The terms of the agreement were not publicly known. In 2009, Verizon filed a formal "program-access complaint" with the Federal Communications Commission and petitioned for termination of the deal. In support of Verizon, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal argued that
8645-599: Was as a reporter at an Atlanta radio station, and she later worked for CNN as an associate producer in the early 2000s. Cross was also the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for BET Networks and later became a resident fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. She has been a regular guest on MSNBC programs, most notably AM Joy , and in July 2020 she became one of the show's rotating guest hosts. Cross has also served as
8740-412: Was launched on July 15, 1996. The first show was anchored by Jodi Applegate and included news, interviews, and commentary . During the day, rolling news coverage continued with The Contributors , a show that featured Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham , as well as interactive programming coordinated by Applegate, John Gibson , and John Seigenthaler . Stories were generally longer and more detailed than
8835-451: Was relegated to the weekend. News programs presented by established NBC News personalities such as Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart , Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd , NBC Nightly News Sunday anchor Kate Snow , Thomas Roberts , and former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams replaced the opinion shows. The revamped on-air presentation debuted in late summer 2015 and included
8930-447: Was shifted to Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at NBC. MSNBC and NBC News began broadcasting from their new studios at NBC's 30 Rockefeller Center complex in New York City on October 22, 2007. The extensive renovations of the associated studios allowed NBC to merge its entire news operation into one building. All MSNBC broadcasts and NBC Nightly News originate from the new studios. More than 12.5 hours of live television across
9025-517: Was the top-rated cable network, averaging 2.5 million viewers in prime time. Murdoch, the executive chairman since 2016, said in 2023 that he would step down and hand responsibilities to his son, Lachlan . Suzanne Scott has been the CEO since 2018. Fox News has received criticism for its reporting. Its coverage has included biased and false reporting in favor of the Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes, while portraying
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