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  • Rashida Jones Leaves MSNBC

    Rashida Jones Leaves MSNBC

    Rashida Jones announces her departure from MSNBC after making history in 2021.

    Jones has decided to resign from her position after joining MSNBC in 2013. By 2021, she was promoted to the highest role in the company. She became the first Black female to lead a major news network. Jones made the shocking announcement via a memo.

    “I came to this decision over the holidays while reflecting on our remarkable journey and the many successes we’ve achieved together as a team,” she wrote. “This has been the most rewarding chapter of my professional career, and I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished, which has been made possible only by you.”

    During her time as the lead, Rashida Jones worked through an intense period of modern media history. She navigated through the pandemic and dealt with social justice issues and various political cycles.

    Aside from that, she also broke record-setting viewership numbers and made sure that MSNBC remained as a trusted news source for millions of Americans, as reported by Essence.

    NBCUniversal Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus spoke highly of Jones. “Rashida has expertly navigated MSNBC through a years-long, unrelenting, and unprecedented news cycle, all while driving the network to record viewership and making investments in nonlinear businesses,” he said in a statement.

    Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s senior vice president of content strategy, will be the interim president until the company finds a permanent replacement.

  • Colin Kaepernick Still Trains For Another NFL Shot

    Colin Kaepernick Still Trains For Another NFL Shot

    Colin Kaepernick is not giving up hope on returning to the NFL. 

    The 36-year-old hasn’t played in the NFL since 2016 after he knelt during the national anthem before each game. He recently revealed that he still trains if he gets the call to return. “We’re still training, still pushing,” Kaepernick said. “So hopefully, we’ve just got to get one of these team owners to open up.” 

    He went on to express how important it will be for him to return to the NFL. “I mean, it’s something I’ve trained my whole life for. So to be able to step back on the field, I think that would be a major moment, a major accomplishment for me. Also, I think it’s something that I could bring a lot to a team and help them win a championship,” he said. 

    https://twitter.com/nojumper/status/1823441283089596575

    In 2022, Colin Kaepernick had a formal training session with the Raiders, however, he never got signed to the team. A year later, he wrote a letter to Joe Douglas, the general manager of the Jets with the hopes of joining the team. 

    “I am sure of my ability to provide you with an elite QB option if, God forbid, QB1 goes down,” he wrote in the letter. “However, I know that there may naturally be uncertainties from you and possibly from others about my playing abilities.” 

    He continued, “This plan, I believe, allows me to be of great service to the team as a practice squad QB, while also giving you a low-commitment chance to assess my capabilities to help in any other capacity as you may see fit.” 

    After writing his letter, Kap received a lot of support from his peers including J.Cole who posted the letter in his Instagram story. Do you think that Colin Kaepernick should be back in the NFL? 

  • Big Sean Reveals Why He Hasn’t Married Jhené Aiko Yet

    Big Sean Reveals Why He Hasn’t Married Jhené Aiko Yet

    Big Sean is opening up about his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Jhené Aiko.

    While on Charlamagne Tha God’s podcast, “Out of Context,” the rapper talked about why he has not married Aiko yet and if there is a possibility of a secret marriage soon. “No, no there has not been a secret industry marriage,” Sean said. “It’s a little personal, you know what I mean? But just like to be real with you, just like any people who have dealt with love, we’ve had our ups and downs, you know what I’m saying? And I think it’s still finding the right navigation through it all.”

    He goes on to clarify that “marriage symbolizes the best relationship” and believes that “having a relationship is first and foremost.” Big Sean continued, “I feel like a lot of people get the ideas of like, ‘Oh, you have to get married,’ but then it’s like, to me, that’s almost a fear-based way of thinking, too. Because then people be getting divorced. The divorce rate’s so f**king high.”

    Although he didn’t go in-depth about his relationship, he did say that marriage is still a possibility. “I feel I can only speak for myself that there needs to be more work done so we could keep going.” Big Sean and Jhené Aiko first got together in 2016, shortly after she divorced producer Polo da Genius. In 2022, the couple welcomed their son, Noah, making him the rapper’s first child. Aiko has a 15-year-old daughter, Namiko, who she shares with her ex-boyfriend, O’Ryan.

    Watch the full interview below.