Revolving door: Meanwhile, CNBC announced on Monday that Matt Peterson will be joining the business network as a senior economics writer. Beginning March 2, Peterson will provide step-back analysis and exclusives on policy and the broader economy for CNBC. He was most recently at Barron’s, where he was the politics, policy, and ideas editor.
Also, this past Monday, NBC News revealed that Emily Ngo has been named the network’s newest newsletter writer/editor. In this position, Ngo will focus on NBC News’ daily newsletter, The Inside Scoop. She was previously at Politico, where she was a political reporter and co-author of New York Playbook.
Personal news note, part 2: It’s my first day at @NBCNews as a writer and editor of the Inside Scoop newsletter! Sign up here for a free trial (and then subscribe): Let’s go!!! pic.twitter.com/Ru3HAQhAQ9
— Emily Ngo (@emilyngo) February 23, 2026
Spotlight feature: To mark her one-year anniversary as MS NOW president, Rebecca Kutler had her first sit-down interview with the Los Angeles Times. In the profile, Kutler spoke on the network’s ratings under her watch, saying that the daily audience has grown to 613,000, up +25% compared to the same period a year ago, according to Nielsen. Weeknight primetime is up +27% to 1.2 million viewers. She also singled out the network’s 7 p.m. ensemble program, The Weeknight, which saw its audience level rise by +30% in January compared to the same time in 2025.
Election coverage: MS NOW has revealed that it will provide special primetime coverage of the March 3 primary elections in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas. Rachel Maddow will lead coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET, joined by Nicolle Wallace, Ari Melber, Chris Hayes, Lawrence O’Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez.
📣 @ms.now to feature special coverage of the March 3 primary elections in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas.
Special coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 3 on @ms.now .
Read more: bit.ly/46Xbe0s
— MS NOW Public Relations (@msnowcomms.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM
