Page Six offers more intel on what MSNBC may have planned for Ronan Farrow and if true it is a lot bigger than we could have possibly imagined…
Ronan Farrow — the man with Woody Allen’s wit and Frank Sinatra’s charm — is closing a deal with MSNBC to become a news correspondent and a future Anderson Cooper-style “face of the network” anchor.
Farrow has been in talks with network execs for months, and is set to become MSNBC’s next new face after Alec Baldwin, who premieres his “Up Late” show on Friday.
Farrow’s deal is part of a move to inject new energy into the left-leaning channel, which has struggled due to its focus on opinion rather than breaking news during the election cycle.
While MSNBC reps declined to comment, a network source tells us, “They’re just finalizing the contract. Ronan is not going to get his own show off the bat, but they are going to develop him, have him work on stories and build his TV news credentials. He’ll work across the whole lineup. He’s 25, everybody knows he’s very bright, but he’s not getting his own show — yet.”
This is straight out of the Jeff Zucker playbook when he ran NBCU.
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