Former Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren Joins MNSBC
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jan 5, 2017
Just two days after Fox News icon Megyn Kelly announced she was leaving to host a daytime and Sunday newsmagazine show on NBC, turning down a $100 million, 4 year contract, moments ago Politico reported that another former Fox News anchor, Greta Van Sustern, is joining the NBC family and will take over the 6pm slot on MSNBC with a new show called “For the Record,” the network announced Thursday.
Van Susteren’s show will feature both news and analysis, working as a bridge from MSNBC’s dayside news shows into its more opinion and analysis-focused primetime. She starts on Jan. 9, and the show will be based out of Washington D.C.
Van Susteren abruptly left Fox News and her 7 p.m. show “On the Record” in September after 14 years with the network. Brit Hume briefly filled in until the election when Tucker Carlson was named host. On Thursday, Fox News announced Martha MacCallum was taking over the slot, as Carlson would take over the the 9p.m. slot vacated by Kelly.
According to Politico, the announcement is far from a surprise for those in the media world. MSNBC began posting positions for a 6 p.m. Washington D.C. show a few weeks ago, and Van Susteren has been open to her fans on social media about wanting to return to television. Several MSNBC insiders knew Van Susteren was coming, and several reports, including in POLITICO, had already been published noting that she was likely moving to the network, though the announcement was delayed until everything had been signed, sources said.
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