MSNBC president suggests Rachel Maddow's future at the cable news network is still being worked out

Deadline

Deadline asked MSNBC president Rashida Jones, who succeeded longtime MSNBC boss Phil Griffin on Feb. 1, whether the reports that Maddow would be leaving her nightly show are true. “Her show will continue as she’s doing it now,” she said. “One of the things we are looking at is she is so interested and excited in doing things in so many different areas within NBCUniversal, so we are figuring out how to juggle all of that, but her show continues on.” As for the longer term, Jones suggests that details are still being worked out. Jones added: “One of the things that we’ve really been looking at for the last several months since I got here is not just primetime but across the board — how do we build more of a pipeline? How do we take the amazing talent that we have to position them for future thinking and future growth. It’s something we’re looking at across the board. How do we take some of the talent, both internal and external, groom them, develop them, so when opportunities rise… As I look at our bench and the folks that we have within our universe, I am excited to see as those folks continue to grow.”