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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Keegan Barber / NASA handout)

Ratings: 13.5 million watch NASA astronauts return to Earth

7.7 million households witnessed the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on cable news, while another 5.5 million tuned in to special coverage on the broadcast networks.

Plex includes access to free streaming channels like NBC Sports Now, SNL Vault, American Crimes and NBC GolfPass, among others. (Courtesy logos, Graphic designed by The Desk)

Plex adds more free streaming channels from NBC Universal

NBC Sports Now, NBC GolfPass, American Crimes and local NBC- and Telemundo-owned news feeds are available to stream without a subscription.

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Low ratings likely behind cancellation of “The Reidout” at MSNBC

The show has lost more than a quarter of its audience between this month and February 2024, according to Nielsen data reviewed by The Desk.

MSNBC to settle $30 million defamation lawsuit brought by Georgia doctor

The lawsuit centered on an unfounded NBC News report that claimed women at immigration detention facilities received medically-unnecessary hysterectomies in 2020.

Rebecca Kutler. (Courtesy photo)

NBC Universal promotes Rebecca Kutler to President of MSNBC

Comcast's NBC Universal on Wednesday promoted Rebecca Kutler to serve as the president of its cable news channel MSNBC. 

The West Coast headquarters of Comcast and NBC Universal at 10 Universal City Plaza in Universal City, California. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

FCC Chairman orders agency to investigate Comcast’s DEI initiatives

The chairman, Brendan Carr, suggested Comcast's diversity, equity and inclusiveness programs may violate federal employment law.

The Pentagon, the headquarters of the Department of Defense and the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo via Wikimedia Commons)

NBC News loses Pentagon office to One America News Network

The Department of Defense is evicting four news outlets from their Pentagon offices and will allow four right-of-center news organizations to take over that space.

Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier. (Courtesy photo)

Fox News is top cable news channel in January

Fox News won the January ratings war in the cable news sector, easily beating out MSNBC and CNN in overall and key demographic viewers.

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Sky News reprioritizes around digital platforms

Sky News is activating a new editorial strategy that centers around digital platforms and distribution.

The Los Angeles bureau of CNN. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

CNN, NBC News planning post-inauguration layoffs

CNN and NBC News are readying plans for pink slips, which could begin flying in newsrooms as soon as Thursday.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow delivers a report near the New York courthouse where former President Donald Trump stood trial on April 22, 2024. (Photo by SWinxy, Editing by The Desk)

MSNBC faces $30 million lawsuit over segments aired in prime-time

The segments were franchised from an NBC News report that exposed a whistleblower's claim of hysterectomies being performed without consent on women in ICE detention centers four years ago.

Slate for NBC News Now

NBC News Now launches in Mexico, Brazil

NBC Universal has launched its free streaming news channel NBC News Now in Latin America for the first time

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