As anxieties run high throughout the media business, MSNBC ‘s Ari Melber sees the positives in the channel’s pending spinoff from Comcast , meaning that NBC News no longer will be a sister organization.

“We always had great advantages from collaborating with a network,” Melber said. “Now we’re completely independent, and sometimes your collaborators will become healthy peers and competitors. If you want one lyric, there’s a rap line, ‘idols become rivals.’ “

Known for infusing lyrics into his commentary, Melber, who has hosted The Beat since 2017, also cites another fact of the pending separation: The rebranded MS NOW will no longer be part of a massive media organization but part of the spinoff Versant , at a time when the Trump administration “keeps trying to use differen

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