EXCLUSIVE: MSNBC and Keith Olbermann were in lengthy discussions to fill the Rachel Maddow void on the network—until Maddow vetoed him herself. trib.al/sCmBMqa
Olbermann, who shaped MSNBC’s liberal voice before being canned more than a decade ago, was talking with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and news boss Cesar Conde about taking over the key 9 p.m. time slot, the former Countdown host told Source Material. trib.al/sCmBMqa
However, any dream of an Olbermann reunion was squashed when Rachel Maddow—who recently signed a massive $30 million deal to work less and transition out of her nightly broadcast—stepped in to personally veto him as her successor. trib.al/sCmBMqa
“I offered to have her production company ‘produce’ the show. Would give her some proxy control and a fuckton of money but she and [former MSNBC chief-turned-consultant to Maddow’s production company] Phil Griffin refused,” Olbermann told Source Material trib.al/sCmBMqa
Get all tea on the MSNBC drama in this week's edition of Source Material.
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