MSNBC announced an agreement with Comcast-owned Sky News to bring the latest international coverage to U.S. audiences.
MSNBC has been building up its own newsroom as it prepares to be spun off from Comcast along with other cable channels into a new company, Versant. Rebranded as MS NOW, the network will no longer have NBC News as a sister news organization.
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler said in a statement, “In this moment of consequential and historic news events happening around the world that are rapidly reshaping our collective future, we are honored to bring Sky News’ premium, on-the-ground reporting and roster of top journalists to the MSNBC community.”
The deal with Sky News starts on Oct. 1. Ian Sherwood, who has had leadership roles at NBC News’ international reporting teams over the past 10 years, will serve as MSNBC’s director of international newsgathering.
Sky News has 11 international bureaus, including Beijing, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, and Moscow, and a team of more than 500 journalists. Under the deal, MSNBC will be able to draw on Sky News correspondents and experts.
David Rhodes, executive chairman of Sky News Group, said in a statement, “This partnership with Versant will put that eyewitness reporting in front of even greater audiences in the U.S. and around the world. We’re delighted to get to work with their creative and entrepreneurial team.”
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