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More MSNBC Murmurs & CNN Fantasy Football

News and notes emanating from the media industry on a fall Friday: the Semafor pre-launch buzz, Punchbowl rumors, the Licht vision, and the MSNBC pickle.

Jake Tapper and Trevor Noah
Jake Tapper and Trevor Noah. Photo: Travis P Ball/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
October 7, 2022

It may be a seemingly quiet Friday in the media business, but a number of latent storylines continue to bubble up: what’s going on behind the scenes at Semafor, the high-level programming decisions inside CNN and MSNBC, along with some M&A chatter. Herewith, I discuss it all and more with Jon Kelly, Puck’s co-founder and my editor and partner.