Overview
- Meghan Rafferty, executive producer of NBC Nightly News since 2021, is set to join Versant as vice president of news standards in early September and will report to senior vice president Brian Carovillano.
- She will lead Versant’s News Standards Team, guiding MSNBC and CNBC newsrooms to ensure reporting is fair, accurate and transparent.
- Versant has attracted senior NBCUniversal executives including Brian Carovillano, Jessica Kurdali and Tom Clendenin as part of its leadership lineup ahead of the spin-off.
- Reporting staffers such as Ken Dilanian, Brandy Zadrozny and David Noriega have also migrated to Versant, reflecting a broader talent shift from NBC News.
- NBCUniversal cable channels MSNBC and CNBC are being assembled under Versant as an independent media company upon their spin-off later this year.