Noah Oppenheim Out at NBC News

It should have happened years ago, but NBC is finally exiting news boss Noah Oppenheim.

What is strange is how the network plans on replacing him.

Variety reports that under the new structure, Libby Leist, the NBC News executive who oversees “Today,” and Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive who supervises the streaming outlet NBC News Now and streaming, will both report to NBCUniversal chairman Cesar Conde.

Those two will be joined by Rebecca Blumenstein, a senior editor at The New York Times who will join as president of editorial for NBC News and who will also report to Conde.

Blumenstein is charged with oversight of editorial, news gathering, bureaus, field operations, booking, “Meet the Press,” “Dateline,” and NBC News Studios. 

The reorganization means that NBC News’ most popular programs will no longer be under the oversight of a single editorial executive. “Today” will continue to be led by Leist, while Rodriguez will overseen “NBC Nightly News.”

I think this is going to be a mess, but we’ll have to wait and see.