The cuts come ahead of Comcast's Versant spinoff, which will see MSNBC and CNBC cleaved off from the rest of the NBC News Group.

NBC News has begun layoffs amid its MSNBC separation, prompting criticism from the NewsGuild of New York over corporate restructuring priorities.

MSNBC is ready to step out on its own after the network began its split from NBC News on Monday (October 6), marking a new era away from its long-time partner as it reshapes itself under a separate company,

MSNBC started a new era on Monday morning, beginning to sever its ties with the NBCUniversal News Group and operating as an independent news network under Versant.

NBC and MSNBC were hand in glove for years as the cable network relied on the news-gathering operation and talent of its sister broadcast operation - but a breakup is happening.

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