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Listen up: The network veteran will also serve as chief national reporter for the cable news network, the LA Times reports The post NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander to Join MS NOW as Anchor appeared first on TheWrap.

Home Media & Platforms Journalism NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander to Join MS NOW as Anchor The network veteran will also serve as chief national reporter for the cable news network, the LA Times reports Josh Dickey @ 9:36 AM on socials on Facebook on X (formerly Twitter) on LinkedIn on Email Screenshot Peter Alexander, the veteran NBC News chief White House Correspondent, is making the jump to MS NOW to anchor a daytime slot for the cable network, people familiar with the plan told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday . Alexander signed off from the Saturday edition of Today, which he co-hosts with Laura Jarrett, he was moving on from NBC News – but did not mention where he was headed next. (yes, really)

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The 49-year-old journalist, who has been with NBC for 22 years, will also serve as chief national reporter for MS NOW, people familiar with the matter told the Times. MS NOW changed its name from MSNBC after it was spun off from Comcast last year.

Now part of a new company called Versant, the cable network wrapped up its once-close relationship with NBC News, and journalists who once worked for both were made to choose which they would go with; Alexander is the first to jump from NBC to MS NOW post-split. Alexander will anchor the 11 a.

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