While Maddow is staying with NBC, she will reportedly have a new role with the company that won’t include her primetime show. The Washington Post writes:
The possibility that Maddow would walk away from her nightly show marks a moment for cable news historians, if only because people tend not to just walk away from these perches. Among the big three cable news outlets there are just nine coveted prime-time slots, a few more if you adopt a looser definition of “prime time.” These positions often come with salaries in the eight-figure range, opportunities to cover — or even host — presidential debates and election night coverage, a long tail on social media platforms, and relevance that’s yours to lose.