MS Now makes first major programming moves since name change

MS Now, the liberal cable news network known until last November as MSNBC, on Wednesday announced its first significant programming changes since being spun off as part of a new media company called Versant.

The network announced that “Morning Joe,” its flagship breakfast program, will shift back from being four hours to three hours, as Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, married co-hosts, have talked about the strain of hosting a four-hour-long show every day.

Taking one of those hours will be a new two-hour-long morning show from 9 to 11 a.m. hosted by Stephanie Ruhle, the longtime MS Now anchor who currently hosts a show at 11 p.m. The late-night show will now be hosted by Ali Velshi, whose weekend show will be taken over by Jacob Soboroff.

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