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MS NOW anchor Alex Witt to exit as network reduces live weekend programming
Los Angeles Times • • world
Key Points:
- Veteran MS NOW anchor Alex Witt is leaving the network as it shifts away from live evening weekend programming to focus on cost-saving and expanding its direct-to-consumer streaming service.
- MS NOW will end its live weekend show "The Weekend: Primetime," with co-host Antonia Hylton taking over Witt’s midday shifts, while other co-hosts will remain on the network.
- The changes aim to allocate resources toward a new streaming offering that allows access without a pay-TV subscription and to grow the network’s live event business.
- MS NOW plans to increase taped programming and form new content partnerships, including deals with outside podcast producers, while maintaining 20 hours of live weekend programming for breaking news.
- Witt, who joined the network in 1999, was known for delivering straight news amid a network increasingly focused on progressive commentary, and MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler praised him as a trusted and steady presence.
