“MS NOW’s offering aims to lean into the fandom of its progressive personalities more than live news…The membership is heavily focused on building moments where MS NOW’s progressive community can ...

Versant will launch the progressive equivalent of Fox Nation next summer, just in time for the midterm election.

As anxieties run high throughout the media business, MSNBC’s Ari Melber sees the positives in the channel’s pending spinoff from Comcast, meaning that NBC News no longer will be a sister organization.