Versant has tapped NBCUniversal’s Charisse Williams Larado to serve as its vice president of sports talent strategy and recruitment. In her new role, Larado will focus on maintaining a competitive ...

That stands for: My Source for News, Opinion and the World, obviously. By Tony Maglio Now, MSNBC is MS NOW. As MSNBC leaves NBCUniversal for Versant (formerly, SpinCo.), the cable news channel is ...

Versant is rebranding MSNBC and changing the logos of other networks in its portfolio as it looks to distinguish itself from NBCUniversal ahead of its separation from Comcast by the end of this year. ...

Viewers of NBC’s current live sports portfolio on the cable networks USA and Golf Channel can expect broadcasts to look a touch different when those channels are spun off later this year. According to ...

The U.S. Golf Association will help the new media company known as Versant keep swinging into sports after it is spun off from NBCUniversal. USA Network and Golf Channel will get rights to present ...

Versant, the new company Comcast has spun off from NBCUniversal’s cable assets, has finished assembling its team of communications executives: Erin Calhoun has been named senior vice president of ...

Meghan Rafferty, who has been executive producer of NBC Nightly News for the past four years, is joining Versant as VP of news standards. Rafferty will help set and maintain journalism standards for ...

Versant has brought industry veteran Tom Rogers on as a senior adviser. Rogers, who helped launch CNBC and MSNBC while serving as the first president of NBC Cable, will serve as a strategic adviser to ...

Comcast has unveiled the expected members of the first board of directors of Versant Media Group from the worlds of media, tech and finance including NBCUniversal’s Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new ...

Rory McIlroy is sporting a new logo on his golf bag for this week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Versant, the group of cable networks spun off by Comcast, is prominently placed on McIlroy’s ...