NBC News lays off nearly a dozen staffers who supported MSNBC as spinoff nears
NBC News staffers who provided graphics support to both sister network MSNBC and the mothership division have been laid off from their jobs ahead of corporate parent Comcast’s spin-off of its cable division into a new company, according to a report.Fewer than a dozen staffers were shown the door at 30 Rock recently as preparations are being made for a new company called Versant to absorb MSNBC, according to the Status newsletter.The first casualties of the imminent divorce landed in NBC’s graphics unit, whi ...