Overview

• Michelle Perry has been promoted to deputy Washington bureau chief at NBC News after two decades leading its justice and national security unit and producing major political coverage.
• Under Washington bureau chief Sudeep Reddy, MSNBC has added seven reporters—Akayla Gardner as White House reporter, Ryan Reilly as senior justice reporter, Priya Sridhar as Pentagon reporter, and Mychael Schnell, Arielle Hixson, Julia Jester and Alex Tabet as political correspondents.
• The network has also appointed Jacob Soboroff as senior political correspondent and Carol Leonnig as senior investigative correspondent to deepen its high-profile political and investigative reporting.
• These staffing moves signal a strategic talent ramp-up at NBC News and MSNBC ahead of Comcast’s plan to spin off its cable networks and digital assets into the standalone media conglomerate Versant.
• Versant, set to launch later this year, will encompass outlets such as CNBC, USA Network, Oxygen, E! and digital platforms including Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes, and is expected to reach over 65 million U.S. households with around $7 billion in annual revenue.