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# Puck Headlines: “Is Jen Psaki the Next Rachel Maddow?”
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/puck-headlines-is-jen-psaki-the-next-rachel-maddow/
- Published: 2022-02-24T23:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-24T15:38:58.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:52

**When the cable news industry was consumed** by the ongoing and seemingly never-ending **Jeff Zucker**–**Allison Gollust-Chris Cuomo** imbroglio, and as WarnerMedia C.E.O. **Jason Kilar** was flaccidly trying to calm the nerves of a restless newsroom staff, CNN interim co-president **Amy Entelis** and CNN+ programming lead **Rebecca Kutler** were in Washington for a top-secret and mission-critical recruitment assignment, reports Puck.

Puck adds that “the chaos embroiling their brand had not deterred their efforts to court a new potential on-air talent who, in their eyes, had the potential to become a marquee star both in the CNN lineup and its nascent streaming service.

“They weren’t the only ones to hatch this novel idea. Less than one week later, NBC News Chairman **Cesar Conde** and MSNBC President **Rashida Jones** made a similar pilgrimage to Washington to meet with the very same talent, in the hopes that she might one day join their networks in a flagship role, and perhaps even take the top spot in primetime on MSNBC. CNN may be reeling from the Zucker mess, but MSNBC is imperiled in its own way, as **Rachel Maddow** prepares to exit her nightly show, prompting a presumed top-down re-think of primetime.

“The potential talent, of course, was **Jen Psaki**,” the White House Press Secretary who plans to leave the White House this year. And, states Puck, “Psaki has ambitions to become a marquee star.”

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