Longtime anchor Willie Geist in talks to remain at both MSNBC and NBC after Comcast’s cable spinoff: source

NBC News’ Willie Geist is successful talks to support his hosting gig astatine MSNBC — a perchance uncommon woody that comes arsenic genitor Comcast spins disconnected nan left-leaning web earlier nan extremity of nan year.

Geist, who anchor’s NBC’s “Sunday Today Show,” is successful negotiations to stay co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” — moreover arsenic as astir journalists that look connected some NBC and MSNBC person been moved to 1 web aliases nan other, a root pinch knowledge told The Post.

MSNBC declined to comment.

According to Politico, Geist’s talent is coveted by some MSNBC and NBC, to nan constituent that neither web wants to suffer him successful nan spinoff. The outlet noted that nan journalist has been featured much prominently connected nan Peacock Network of late, filling successful for Kelly Clarkson connected nan reddish carpet for SNL’s 50th, for example.

Geist has besides been a fixture connected “Morning Joe” for years, appearing alongside Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

The move comes astatine a turbulent clip for nan network, which is successful nan throes of a awesome upheaval, pursuing Comcast’s announcement successful November that it would rotation disconnected MSNBC and a fistful of its cablegram channels but clasp NBC News, Bravo and streaming work Peacock, among others. Roughly 100 staffers were fto go, including immoderate of nan network’s talent amid nan monolithic overhaul.

Newly-minted news president Rebecca Kutler and different web brass person been scrambling to quell nan anxious staff, who were shell-shocked to study of monolithic layoffs earlier they were officially announced.

MSNBC brass accidentally printed retired specifications astir nan left-leaning network’s impending jobs bloodbath — and nan top-secret archive was recovered by a stunned staffer who leaked nan specifications to co-workers, The Post revealed successful March, publishing a transcript of nan document.

In February, Kutler canceled Joy Reid’s wide primetime show, which came arsenic a daze to staffers, including Rachel Maddow, who called retired her bosses connected aerial complete nan decision.

Kutler besides axed play shows hosted by Ayman Mohyeldin, Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang and Jose Diaz-Balart.

The news leader besides elevated Jen Psaki, nan erstwhile property caput for President Joe Biden, who will drawback nan 9 p.m.-hour Tuesdays done Fridays, removing big Alex Wagner opening successful precocious April.

Politico said that Kutler is hoping to bring connected much progressive voices that would equilibrium retired immoderate of nan left-leaning commentary, arsenic good arsenic reside down nan “house connected fire” rhetoric arsenic it pertains to covering nan Trump White House.

A root adjacent to nan business confirmed that but noted that nan web would not alienate its core, wide audience.

Meanwhile, MSNBC has mislaid nan custody conflict of a a fewer of its stars to NBC, including election master Steve Kornacki and seasoned governmental journalist Andrea Mitchell.