KEEP CALLING! Lawrence O'Donnell confirms he may be leaving MSNBC

[flamingdem]

One hour ago Lawrence tweeted this:

Link to tweet

Please help get the word out. #SaveLawrence CALL 212-664-4444 Option 7 Email [e-mail]


Last week he tweeted about a particularly highly-rated episode and said "Thanks for your support. We need it."

O'Donnell has also been sharing supportive messages from fans who are concerned he might be leaving the network.

With rumors swirling on social media, Maddow very publicly backed O'Donnell on Tuesday night.

"I consider us a team," Maddow said on the air.


http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/17/media/lawrence-odonnell-msnbc-contract/index.html?section=money_topstories&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

MSNBC's prime time lineup is on a ratings roll right now -- but the channel's 10 p.m. host Lawrence O'Donnell may be leaving in three weeks.

O'Donnell and MSNBC have not yet struck a new deal despite the fact that the current one ends early next month -- a highly unusual situation in the television news business.

Word about O'Donnell's uncertain status leaked out over the weekend.

On Wednesday morning O'Donnell confirmed it through a tweet: "Contract expires June 4. I'll let you know where you can watch me June 5 if it's not msnbc. I'm sorry this situation has become public."

Asked to respond, an MSNBC spokesman said "negotiations are ongoing" and the goal is to renew O'Donnell's contract.

Earlier in the week, executives said negotiations were underway while people close to O'Donnell said they were not. So it's unclear what is going on.

O'Donnell's representatives may be angling for a more lucrative deal or for a chance to jump to another network.

MSNBC's negotiators may be trying to extract various concessions, like a annual lower salary than O'Donnell wants.

"Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's 'The Last Word,' has just four weeks left in his contract, and the cable network does not appear to be interested in renewing his deal," Yashar Ali wrote for HuffPost on Sunday.

He cited "four well-placed sources" to say that "MSNBC has not been in contact with O'Donnell's team of representatives to negotiate a new deal."

The story also said that there was a behind-the-scenes dispute about an attempt to move O'Donnell's show from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m.

O'Donnell, a Capitol Hill insider turned television producer turned cable news host, has been the host of "The Last Word" on MSNBC for about seven years.

Related: In Trump era, Rachel Maddow starts beating Fox News

The show is highly rated, partly thanks to a strong lead-in from MSNBC's 9 p.m. host Rachel Maddow.

Last week he tweeted about a particularly highly-rated episode and said "Thanks for your support. We need it."

O'Donnell has also been sharing supportive messages from fans who are concerned he might be leaving the network.

With rumors swirling on social media, Maddow very publicly backed O'Donnell on Tuesday night.

"I consider us a team," Maddow said on the air.
CNNMoney (New York) First published May 17, 2017: 10:09 AM ET

[Bayard]

1. Just sent them an email

[flamingdem]

2. Thanks, I really think it matters

They have to feel the pressure or they'll boot him for some ex-Fox type or Brian Williams

[liberal from boston]

3. Comcast

Suggest you also call Comcast. The phone number I used to reach Comcast is 215-286-1700. Please (politely) add your voice to mine by calling this number.

I called and he suggested I also email my concerns to
[e-mail]

The operator who took the call was unbelievably nice & he told me that I am in a room w/70 other people & we have taken thousands of calls regarding Lawrence O'Donnell. He asked about Lawrence & I told him that
Lawrence has been with MSNBC since its inception & his program The Last Word is now the 2nd most Watched Show on MSNBC prime time. Andy Lack is the one who made the decision to move the network from Liberal to Center Right. Sadly it is affecting MSNBC employees: "We’ve come so far from what this place once was. It was a wonderful place to be, and now it’s just not."
MSNBC employee

I am a Comcast customer & FIOS is in my neighborhood (3 neighbors have FIOS) & I will seriously consider dropping Comcast if Lawrence is not renewed.

[flamingdem]

5. Just wrote to [e-mail]

Will call too.

Thanks for these two new ways to contact them!

[liberal from boston]

7. Lawrence

Thank you flamingdem. We still have over 2 weeks --- we should not stop calling, tweeting, emailing i supporting Lawrence.

[oasis]

4. My wife will call later. I just called. Thanks.

[flamingdem]

6. Thanks, think we need more than 2 days of a flood of calls to help

Some powers that be want to silence him, we can just imagine that tRump let them know his displeasure

[oasis]

8. Kick

[flamingdem]

9. Thanks for the kick

[oasis]

10. A Saturday look. Lawerence O'Donnell deserves no less.

[nikibatts]

11. They don't listen to us. Start to threaten the sponsors if Larry goes we go. They only understand

$$$$$ threats. i simply wish Soros would sponsor a network with Larry, Keith, Rachel, Tamara, Joy, Stewart and some really smart pundit-journalist like Ed Corn.

[spiderpig]

16. And Dan Rather, the most disgracefully treated professional in

broadcast journalism.

[Cha]

12. I hate that msnbc is so stupid they would

even consider letting his high rated show GO.

And, of course, the Fake fox trump normalizier.. greta stays.

Thanks flamingdem for your activism on LO'D

[Cha]

13. Just saw this..

Link to tweet

*****Lawrence O’Donnell Update: MSNBC is Finally Negotiating Due to Intense Fan Pressure*****

Hope's it true

[R B Garr]

14. Awesome find, Cha!

That makes me feel better. He would be a big loss in their lineup.

[Cha]

15. LO'D would be irreplacable.. and msnbc

would rightly lose all credibility, replacing his high rated show with brian Williams. It would be stupid.

But, then they hired greta van sustern to carry water for trump.

I don't trust brian Williams.

R B

[spiderpig]

17. They sure are pushing Williams

from a 1/2 hour slot four days a week to an hour daily. Then rerunning him twice daily afterward.

Plus, if there's a breaking story during the day - there he is!

[Cha]

18. Overkill.. they ever heard of it?

I'm grateful I stopped all M$M in November 2002. I see Rachel, LO'D, etc online.