NBCUniversal Completes MSNBC and CNBC Spinoff as 136 Million Monthly Users Shift to Digital
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 14
NBCUniversal Completes MSNBC and CNBC Spinoff as 136 Million Monthly Users Shift to Digital
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 14
Summary
MSNBC and CNBC were formally spun off from NBCUniversal News Group early this year, shrinking the portfolio Cesar Conde oversees after years of planning.
136 million people still consume the remaining news group’s content each month across NBC News, local stations and Telemundo, even as traditional broadcast audiences decline.
Conde, 52, has had to manage the business through rising political polarization, internal disputes over programming and Trump administration threats to revoke broadcasters’ licenses.
The separation leaves NBCUniversal’s news operations more focused on broadcast, local and Spanish-language outlets while Conde pushes digital expansion in a fragmented media market.