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Very close at that moment to him being fired over that. and this has been a long standing issue. obviously, he was an incredibly important talent for them and i think he's responsible for their entire brand now, you could argue. but keith has had long-running problems with management in his career and this came to a head and they both agreed it was time to move on. >> bill, at least one source has told me that jeff zucker was a protector within the corporation. with his departure, comcast takes over and even before they took over, there had been some talk within msnbc about the corporate cultu...

To msnbc, their highest rated star. clearly there's going to be a change in some way in management. i don't think comcast is going to come in and change msnbc after they established the brand. that's made them much more successful. they're the left wing alternative to fox news and it's been their brand. i think they're going to be cautious about that. let's face it, rachel maddow has become the star of the network and her opinions and i just think keith is a different personality. would he have run afoul at comcast? i think everybody at nbc and msnbc believes that would have been inevitable. >...

Entire brand now, you could argue. but keith has had long-running problems with management in his career and this came to a head and they both agreed it was time to move on. >> bill, at least one source has told me that jeff zucker was a protector within the corporation. with his departure, comcast takes over and even before they took over, there had been some talk within msnbc about the corporate culture at comcast being different and not tolerating someone like keith olberman. have you heard that? >> i heard jeff zucker was a protector of his, no doubt about that. i think they realized for a...

But keith has had long-running problems with management in his career and this came to a head and they both agreed it was time to move on. >> bill, at least one source has told me from msnbc that jeff zucker was somehow sort of a protector within the corporation. it's not a coincidence that jeff zucker has departed and comcast takes over and over before they took over, there had been some talk within msnbc about the corporate culture at comcast being different and not tolerating someone like keith olberman. have you heard that from people within msnbc? >> i heard jeff zucker was a protector of...