NBC News chairman Andy Lack is trying to make his network "the next Fox News" by hiring the channel's old anchors in a shift to become more conservative, according to media insiders.
"He believes he's building MSNBC and NBC into the next Fox," one source told Page Six over the weekend. "It seems the network wants to take a more conservative tone."
NBC recently hired both Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren, who were hosts at Fox News.
Kelly will reportedly be receiving around $12 million a year for her new gig, which includes a Sunday talkshow and taking over either the 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. hour on "Today."
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid may get the axe soon from the network, Page Six noted.
"They haven't renewed her contract. She's been working without a contract for at least a month," a source told the publication.
An MSNBC spokesperson, however, said that Reid "is working under contract. And the network wants her to stay."
One NBC representative described Lack's recent personnel changes at the network as striving for "more good journalism."
"The only thing Andy Lack is interested in 'tilting toward' is even more good journalism," the rep said.
