Left-leaning cable channel MSNBC will get to keep its name after it is spun off by Comcast, the company said. Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new company consisting of MSNBC and other cable assets ...

Rashida Jones, the first Black executive to helm a major television network, announced on Tuesday that she would be stepping down as president of MSNBC, the progressive news channel she has led ...

Jones first shared the news of her exit with Mark Lazarus, a veteran NBC Universal executive who will be the chairman of SpinCo, the new company Comcast has spun off to house MSNBC and most of its ...

In November, Comcast announced it was breaking MSNBC and CNBC away from NBC News into its own company, led by executive Mark Lazarus, meaning Jones was answering to new corporate leadership.

(Christopher Dilts/MSNBC) Jones first shared the news of her exit with Mark Lazarus, a veteran NBC Universal executive who will be the chairman of SpinCo, the new company Comcast has spun off to ...

She said that Mark Lazarus, who is leading the spun off cable ... She had previously risen in the ranks at NBCU, most recently as Senior VP of NBC News and MSNBC. Reports that Jones was weighing ...