White House press secretary Jen Psaki could reportedly replace Rachel Maddow on MSNBC

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki is rumored to be in the marketplace to host a TV information present.
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The Biden administration’s sharp-elbowed White Home press secretary Jen Psaki has emerged as a prime candidate for Rachel Maddow’s anchor chair, in line with a brand new report.

Psaki, who has plans to depart the White Home this 12 months, is being courted by a number of information networks, together with CNN and MSNBC, in line with e-newsletter Puck.

A supply advised The Submit that UTA tremendous agent and co-president Jay Sures shopped the thought of Psaki as a possible cable information primetime host throughout city, drumming up curiosity, earlier than he signed her.

His timing couldn’t be higher as TV networks need to shake up their lineups. And maybe extra urgently for CNN and MSNBC, each networks are in want of latest blood for his or her primetime reveals.

MSNBC misplaced its star anchor, Maddow, who has stepped away from her 9 p.m. ET present, as a way to pursue different initiatives.

And, CNN is on the hunt for anyone to anchor its 9 pm present, after Chris Cuomo was fired late final 12 months, after sexual misconduct allegations got here to mild, in addition to revelations that he secretly aided the protection of his embattled older brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. 

MSNBC is on the hunt for a substitute for its star anchor Rachel Maddow, who hosted a 9 p.m. ET present.

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The embattled community can be seeking to signal expertise for its upcoming streaming service CNN+.

With buzz that Psaki — a rising star within the Biden administration — was in the marketplace, CNN interim co-president Amy Entelis and CNN+ programming head Rebecca Kutler rushed to Washington DC for a “top-secret and mission-critical recruitment project,” Puck reported.

Lower than one week later, NBC Information chairman Cesar Conde and MSNBC president Rashida Jones made an identical voyage to satisfy Psaki, the location stated, noting that Psaki has plans to depart the White Home in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months and has curiosity in internet hosting a TV information program.

Sources say that White Home press secretary Jen Psaki will depart her job in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months.

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Sures and Psaki had talks with ABC Information and CBS Information, the report stated.

Sources advised The Submit that though Psaki has generated a lot curiosity, she just isn't near signing with any community but.