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Details to be worked out. One reason they said it will take a year to implement.

Many choose to keep their private business just that: private. They are under no obligation to make public disclosures. We should respect that.

Sorry, that makes no sense. They would have to license the name from Comcast which owns Sky. Sky isn’t part of the announcement. Just the US cable properties are being spun off as a separate company. They will probably license MSNBC and CNBC names for a portion of time.

It’s produced by NBCU and sold to O&Os and on the sindie market. I’m sure NBCU can produce E News for a fee out of the Universal lot.

In being on the air. Not in terms of total years in the anchor chair in DMA 1. Chuck started in 1974. For that the attention should be on Chuck's storied career. Honestly, I'm not sure why Chuck's retirement from daily anchoring impacts WABC TV.

Here is the article from their website including the NBC press release. He will continue to contribute to special projects and events. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/chuck-scarborough-semi-retirement-wnbc-new-york/6006471/

They teased it at 6:23, he made the announcement right after sports and before the handoff to NNN in 1A. Handled with class, and just wanted to say Thank You to viewers for now. More testimonials and goodbyes to come. The end of an era.

Fox owns the name. Disney modified the studio name to remove the use of Fox. FX and FXX don’t use the Fox name.

They did not say that. Lazarus said the new company could be a buyer of stations without specifying any station groups.

All speculation for now. I would expect at some point in the future, both MSNBC and CNBC changes names, since both have NBC in them.

So? It's just a place card while they figure out the actual name. It won't be called Spinco Media. They could also license events to the new USA, which others have done. I would assume there are some longterm licensing agreements across the board. We got a year for them to figure this all otu.

MSNBC and CNBC are completely intertwined in NBC. Same news gathering. Most anchors are also on NBC (exception is the evening hosts, but then again Ruhle has an NBC News role). Their operation is intertwined into NBC News at 30 Rock. Even with licensing, how they split staff, how they cover events, how they even go about news gathering is going to be very difficult separation. Then how does NBC News Now end up competing with a former sister operation, rather than being a companion piece. As for USA, it thrives on NBCU repeats and gives NBC Sports, especially the very expensive US right to the Premier League Soccer, an outlet. Where will all that go? And as someone mentioned earlier, it is a key station for Olympics coverage. We may need more today (Wednesday) when the actual announcement is made. I also can't fully understand the Bravo situation. All of the cable stations have channels on Peacock. The reality is the Housewives of XXX is a bunch of escapism dreck and nothing more. Why keep that when that would be valuable to the new company.

Not sure MSNBC and CNBC can go it alone without NBC News. Shared talent and news gathering. Should be interesting.

The comment, not sure it was a quote was not directed at MSNBC but all the many cable networks with low viewership that fill up our cable lineups. I'm not sure why someone applied that directly to MSNBC, which is part of NBC News and plays a key role in news gathering, reporting and more. If, and probably its a big if, since this is just floated as an idea for analysis, it was to happen, MSNBC, CNBC, and USA, because of their tie in with the network and Peacock (news, business news, sports) may not be included. Plus as you note MSNBC makes a lot of money, I expect CNBC does and USA might. What makes NBCU unique vs. WBD and Paramount, is they have not shied away from just shutting down cable networks.

The first two are applicable to the fox channel as well. As trump picks for his cabinet become more and more bizarre, enthusiastic viewers will return. Net net, remember, the channels don't get the majority of tv eyes unless in times of a major disaster.

It's all temporary as they move on from the election. I know many who just didn't want to watch any news, MSNBC, CNN, broadcast networks until they all moved past the election. I wouldn't make wide conclusions only 8 days past the election.

There is. MSNBC has its audience, outperforms CNN and at times (not all the time) in the evening rivals Fox channel. Back to topic, MSNBC and CNBC (each with distinctly different target audiences) are integrated into NBC News (management, resources, reporters, etc) that spinning them off would probably be problematic. USA is the same now with NBC Sports. As for the rest, probably no longer as important to the network and company as they were 10 years ago. The problem becomes, if any of the owners of multiple (and ever more generic) cable stations are up for sale, would there even be a buyer today?

Except when not airing any of the Real Housewives franchises, or Andy Cohen's show (which is part of that same universe), it airs the same movies you find on other NBCU outlets including E, USA and SyFy. And that is the problem with so many cable outlets by Paramount, ABC and NBCU - the same shows and movies are broadcast on all of them.

I believe the comment was about the low viewership cable channels in general, not MSNBC, CNBC, or USA specifically. Think all those Paramount channels, ABC (ex Fox) and NBCU low viewership channels.

Some cover multiple states too. DMA #1 is New York, covers not just the 5 boroughs of NYC but Long Island, more than half of New Jersey, SW Connecticut and a county in Pennsylvania (Pike).

As I read in the Variety article, it would be very complicated. MSNBC and CNBC are part of NBC News and helps pay for news gathering (they are very profitable). USA is a vehicle for NBC Sports now that they shut down their own sports channel. Plus they play a big role with Peacock. Universo is tied in with Telemundo, and hosts sports including Spanish simulcasts of SNF and probably SNNBA. Could E!, Bravo, Oxygen and Universal Kids command enough interest in a spinoff? They are right to look at it as an option, but anyone thinking this is a done deal is way too premature.

This was a clickbait article by the Murdoch owned paper. Nothing newsy about it. So yes, the co-anchor needs to have chemistry with the existing anchor. That's not new.

I’m not sure why some expected a total refresh. Basically Bally’s ended their naming deal and FanDuel stepped in. When (if) Diamond/Sinclair emerges from bankruptcy, FanDuel may invest but won’t be the controlling owner based on what has been disclosed.

Not like CBS has had to pay over a billion in settlements for airing lies. Can we see all of trump's outtakes from various interviews? Should be good for a laugh and eye roll.

Except the condition of license, per the NJ Congressional delegation, was not removed, despite the move to UHF for digital TV. Sadly, NJ still is limited in tv news coverage with Fox in violation of that condition. That is for lawyers to argue, not us. When their license is up again, watch for some noise from NJ's Congressional delegation and other groups. Sadly, I see Ch. 9 as a waste of airspace today. Full of Family Feud reruns and judge shows, plus NBCU content that MyTV broadcasts and can be found elsewhere. Lots of other choices that are more interesting.