Archive · 6 Aug 2025
NBC News and MSNBC Announce New Staffing Changes
NBC News and MSNBC are making some big changes!
Michelle Perry, who has been with the company for 20 years, is now the Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief at NBC News.
MSNBC is also hiring new reporters for its Washington, D.C. bureau.
Some of the new hires include Akayla Gardner, Ryan Reilly, and Priya Sridhar.
Soon, MSNBC will become its own company, separate from NBC News and other Comcast networks.
This means the two networks will no longer be sister networks.
These moves suggest changes and developments in the media landscape.
Michelle Perry promoted to Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief at NBC News.
MSNBC announced several new hires for its D.C. bureau.
Akayla Gardner joins MSNBC as a White House reporter from Bloomberg.
Ryan Reilly will be a senior justice reporter at MSNBC.
MSNBC and other Comcast cable networks will be split into a new company called Versant.
- Who
- Michelle Perry, Akayla Gardner, Ryan Reilly, Priya Sridhar, and others.
- What
- NBC News and MSNBC announced staffing changes in their D.C. bureaus.
- When
- Announcements were made recently.
- Where
- Washington, D.C.
- Why
- To fill key positions within the bureaus.
NBC News
MSNBC
Corporate Restructuring
NBC News
NBC News and MSNBC will be splitting from each other.
MSNBC
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- Michelle Perry's New Role
- Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief, NBC News
- Akayla Gardner's New Role
- White House Reporter, MSNBC
- Ryan Reilly's New Role
- Senior Justice Reporter, MSNBC
- Priya Sridhar's New Role
- Pentagon Reporter, MSNBC
- New Company
- Versant (for MSNBC and other Comcast networks)