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In today's email: the inside story behind Stephanie Ruhle's promotion, Rachel Maddow's mega-deal, Joe Scarborourgh's next payday, and how Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro master-minded it all. Plus new reporting on the executive drama inside CBS News that you won't want to miss...
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After Maddow’s work-less-for-more mega-deal, Emanuel has now negotiated a fifth hour for Joe & Mika, and helped Stephanie Ruhle take over for BriWi. What’s going on at MSNBC? (Will they start airing bull-riding at midnight?) Never underestimate the power of a well-timed leak. Late Wednesday night, Axios scooped that MSNBC's 9 a.m. host Stephanie Ruhle would be taking over Brian Williams' former chair at The 11th Hour. It was a notable and well-deserved accomplishment for Ruhle, a rare talent and generous colleague who will undoubtedly thrive in her new perch. But the headlines about Ruhle’s promotion arguably obscured the more remarkable news: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had succeeded in convincing Jeff Shell to give Morning Joe yet another hour of real estate on the network. Scarborough & Co. now own 25 hours per week, or more than 25 percent of the entire MSNBC weekday lineup.
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