MSNBC is poised to give more screen time to Jen Psaki and 'The Weekend' trio of Michael Steele, Alicia Melendez and Symone Sanders-Townshend

MSNBC is embarking on its first major steps toward building up a newsgathering operation, with plans to add a Washington bureau and domestic and international correspondents. With MSNBC being spun off from Comcast later this year,

New MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler is eying an expanded role for network breakout Jen Psaki and for "The Weekend" hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, TheWrap has learned.

Newly-installed president Rebecca Kutler is set to stay the course with progressive voices, though Joy Reid's 7 p.m. show will be canceled in the changes.

MSNBC is dramatically shaking up its lineup — and the shocking changes will result in the end of Joy Reid's decade-long tenure at the network. The post BREAKING: Joy Reid Out at MSNBC as Part of Stunning Network Shakeup first appeared on Mediaite.