Stephanie Ruhle has been tapped to replace Brian Williams as host of left-leaning MSNBC’s late night news hour.
Ruhle’s 9 a.m. time slot will be filled by “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist, who will anchor a four-hour show beginning at 6 a.m. every day.Getty Images for Tribeca Festiva
The changes were announced in a memo to staff by MSNBC President Rashida Jones, who praised Ruhle for her “business acumen, hard-hitting interview style and original reporting,”Adding an extra hour of “Morning Joe” “will give us an opportunity to extend the reach of the program, which has become so well known for its signature perspective and analysis, as well as its newsmaking interviews,” Jones wrote in the memo.Jones, 40, was named president of the network last year, replacing Phil Griffin.
MSNBC also announced that Morning Joe, co-hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, will expand to a four-hour daily broadcast every morning beginning at 6 a.m. Eastern time.She also signed prime-time star Rachel Maddow to a new contract for $30 million a year through 2024. The deal will allow Maddow to develop projects across the network and to step aside from her hosting duties sometime within the next year.who watch Fox News on a nightly basis.
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