Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki joins MSNBC this fall

Former White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki will be a part of MSNBC this fall and host her personal streaming program beginning in 2023.

The NBCUniversal-owned cable information channel made its new rent official Tuesday. Psaki’s labored her ultimate day within the Biden White Home on Might 13.

Psaki will seem on applications throughout MSNBC and NBC Information whereas her personal present is being developed. The information division mentioned this system will likely be on NBC’s Common’s streaming platform Peacock within the first quarter of 2023.

As of now, Psaki won’t have a program on MSNBC, a stunning resolution for such a high-profile rent. Psaki’s skillful parrying within the White Home briefing room has made her a well-recognized face to TV information viewers, and MSNBC may use some assist in prime time.

MSNBC’s largest star, Rachel Maddow, has diminished her presence on the channel to as soon as every week on Monday nights. The community is utilizing a rotation of hosts within the 9 p.m. Japanese time slot throughout the remainder of the week.

Psaki is just not new to TV information. She was a contributor to CNN beforehand after serving because the White Home communications director underneath former President Obama and because the spokesperson for the Division of State.

She can be an alum of John Kerry’s 2004 presidential marketing campaign.

Psaki joins an extended line of former White Home press secretaries who’ve moved to tv information. George Stephanopoulos held the place through the Clinton administration earlier than he joined ABC Information. Dana Perino, a co-host on the Fox Information present “The 5,” was within the publish through the George W. Bush administration, throughout which MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace additionally served as communications director.

Former Trump White Home Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is a co-host of the Fox Information speak present “Outnumbered,” whereas one in every of her predecessors, Sean Spicer, holds court docket every day on Newsmax.

Karine Jean-Pierre changed Psaki as White Home press secretary earlier this month, changing into the primary Black and brazenly LGBTQ particular person to carry the place.