Stephanie Ruhle has been promoted to senior business correspondent for NBC News and will appear across their flagship shows including “Today” and “NBC Nightly News,” Page Six has exclusively learned.
The 44-year-old former Wall Streeter and Bloomberg TV managing editor — who currently anchors “MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle” at 9 a.m. on weekdays — signed the contract for her new role late last year and has already been making more frequent appearances on “Today.”
An industry insider said, “This is a big deal for Stephanie, she will have a lot more visibility on NBC News, particularly ‘Today’ and ‘Nightly News.’ But now with all broadcasting jobs, it is important to have a presence across all platforms, and she will still anchor on MSNBC and work across digital.”
The move comes amid an anchor reshuffle at MSNBC, which included the NBCUniversal-owned cable news outlet moving Ali Velshi — NBC’s business correspondent — to a new morning weekend show at 8 a.m., putting an end to his show with Ruhle, “Velshi & Ruhle” at 1 p.m.
Velshi also gives up his MSNBC 3 p.m. slot, which sources say is likely go to Joshua Johnson, the host of national NPR talk show “1A” who last year signed a deal to become an anchor at MSNBC, where he has been a contributor since 2018.
Ruhle is expected to continue to appear as an anchor for MSNBC at 9 a.m., a source said, but it is not yet clear who would take over at 1 p.m.
Reps for MSNBC, NBC and Ruhle didn’t comment.