MSNBC‘s chief numbers man, Steve Kornacki, whose analytics have develop into a mainstay on the community on election nights, is leaving the community after greater than a decade.
The information was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Kornacki will nonetheless be a key determine within the NBC Information world, contributing to Meet the Press in addition to NBC Nightly Information, In the present day, and the NBC Information Now streaming service. Nonetheless, he won’t proceed on as a daily MSNBC contributor. He’ll as a substitute transfer to NBC Sports activities because the community’s chief knowledge analyst, the place he’ll cowl occasions like NFL soccer, the Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, and different main sporting occasions.
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Kornacki’s switcheroo comes as MSNBC is trying to construct out a brand new information operation forward of the SpinCo spinoff, which is meant to take impact later this 12 months. MSNBC can even launch its new lineup this month underneath the newly launched senior VP, Scott Matthews.
Kornacki first joined MSNBC in 2012 when he hosted The Cycle with Krystal Ball, Toure Neblett, and S.E. Cupp. He then anchored Up beginning in 2013 and started his well-known stint manning the “magic wall”-style election map in 2014. He has additionally continuously appeared on exhibits like MSNBC Dwell, All in With Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Present, and, throughout election cycles, even Morning Joe.
The journalist started offering sports activities analytics to NBC Sports activities in 2020, offering AFC and NFC postseason evaluation along with his signature interactive board strategies and khaki pants, to excessive reward.
Kornacki isn’t the one correspondent to drag a switcheroo on the community not too long ago. Catherine Rampell joined MSNBC‘s The Weekend on the night roundtable program alongside Ayman Moyehldin, and a 3rd, yet-to-be-named anchor. She was a Washington Put up opinion columnist and commonly appeared on CNN as an economics and politics commentator, in addition to different information packages. Jackie Alemany, additionally from the Washington Put up, joined the morning weekend program.
Pleasure Reid and Alex Wagner had been additionally let go. The vast majority of the group on Rachel Maddow‘s prime-time information present can also be set to be let go from the community.
As a result of Kornacki is being employed as a contributor and never a workers member, he can even search roles outdoors of NBC not associated to information and sports activities, based on Selection.