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Ari Melber with Fat Joe and former MSNBC president Rashida Jones.

If the contract ends, the possible exit of a popular MSNBC host. 

Ari Melber was not pleased when he heard that Joy Reid was fired from the network. He is also not pleased about the company being spinned off from Comcast.

Melber is considering exiting the network after working there for nearly 15 years.

Melber has hosted “The Beat” since 2017. It ranked fourth in the ratings among the news channel’s shows as of Friday.

His possible departure comes at time of flux for the station. It’s preparing to separate from NBC to join a distinct corporate group under parent company Comcast.

Last month, a network rep confirmed that MSNBC’s popular poll wonk Steve Kornacki signed with NBC. That essentially severed his connection to the cable news outlet.

Melber’s loss would also prove costly on YouTube, where clips from his show draw hefty views, Breaker noted. In addition, top-rated host Rachel Maddow’s return to a once-a-week schedule is likely to diminish MSNBC viewership, so the loss of a proven personality like Melber could be costly.

Melber, an attorney, also serves as MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent.

He and an MSNBC rep declined comment to Breaker.

Neither MSNBC nor an Instagram account for Melber’s show immediately returned HuffPost requests for comment.

Melber has hosted many notable hip-hop figures such as Cam'ron, Judaism, 50 Cent, Common, Rick Ross and Fat Joe.

Up until October 2023, I was religiously watching The Beat with Ari Melber, The ReidOut and Deadline: White House. Those were my go to shows on MSNBC.

The network took a pro Israel stance as well as the competitors. 

Israel made me less likely to watch cable news in general. MSNBC, Fox and CNN have taken the propaganda of Israel when discussing this genocide.

Fox os the most pro Israel network. It is propaganda for President Donald J. Trump and the state of Israel.

They let Joy Reid, Alex Wagner and Medhi Hasan go because they criticized Israel.

They demoted Ayman Mohyeldin and warned Ali Velshi to not be too critical of Israel.