With the announcement that MSNBC host and bestselling author Dylan Ratigan leaving the cable channel the question is who will veteran executive producer Steve Friedman pick to fill the 3pm hour?
Martin Bashir will move to 4pm, giving MSNBC an unusally rich opportunity for someone to jump into frontline coverage of the 2012 presidential election. Here is TV Newser’s take on the announcement as well as Dylan Ratigan’s memo to his staff. Read more in Mediabistro.