"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."
"$600,000 for them is a rounding error. The amount of money these corporate news outlets can put toward stupid decision making -- in both of those cases firing talent -- is remarkable in and of itself."
"I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it."
In addition to her new role hosting the network news program on Sunday, she will continue to host her two-hour nightly streaming show Hallie Jackson Now on NBC News Now.
In addition to anchoring NBC Nightly News on Sundays, Kate Snow also anchors NBC News Daily, which she will spend more of her focus on after she departs from the weekend program.
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."