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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092401490.htmlMSNBC's Abrams Quits His Day Job
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 25, 2007; Page C03
Fifteen months after making the leap from MSNBC talk-show host to general manager, Dan Abrams is going back to fulltime yakking.
The third-place cable news network announced yesterday that Abrams is giving up his management job to concentrate on his 9 p.m. show, "Live With Dan Abrams," which has been on the air for several months. Abrams took over the slot when former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough moved to the morning perch previously occupied by Don Imus. The network made the status of "Morning Joe" permanent yesterday.
The MSNBC operation will be run on a day-to-day basis by Phil Griffin, an NBC senior vice president, marking the first time in MSNBC's 11-year history that someone from the mother ship will directly manage the cable outlet. The move reflects the consolidation of the two units, a cost-cutting effort that entails MSNBC abandoning its Secaucus, N.J., campus next month to join NBC at Manhattan's 30 Rock.
Griffin, a onetime "Hardball" producer who was already overseeing MSNBC as Abrams's supervisor, said yesterday he will be "a little more hands-on" while also continuing his role of overseeing the "Today" show. ....
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