Shift

Type	Internet streaming
Country	United States
Owner	NBCUniversal MSNBC
Launch date	July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13)
Dissolved	2015 (2015)
Former names	msnbc2
Official website	Official website

Shift (stylized as shift by msnbc, formerly msnbc2) was an online live-streaming video network run by MSNBC. It was launched in July 2014 to provide a platform for original video series which diverge from the MSNBC television network's political focus.

History

In July 2014, MSNBC.com launched msnbc2, a brand for several web-only series hosted by MSNBC personalities,^[1] in December 2014, msnbc2 was renamed shift by msnbc, with a daily live stream and programming schedule which was less focused on politics and is more tailored to a younger audience.^[2] The channel was later shut down.

Programming

Programs

• Sports Matters hosted by Rob Simmelkjaer (released Mondays)
• Reporter's Notebook hosted by Beth Fouhy (released Mondays)
• Changing America hosted by Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar (released Tuesdays)
• The Docket hosted by attorney Seema Iyer (released Tuesdays)
• The Book Report hosted by Richard Wolffe (released Tuesdays)
• Road Map hosted by Ayman Mohyeldin (released Wednesdays)
• Nerding Out hosted by Dorian Warren (released Thursdays)
• Code Forward hosted by Nellie Bowles and Jason Del Rey (co-produced by Re/code, released Thursdays)
• The Briefing hosted by Luke Russert (released Fridays)
• So Popular! hosted by Janet Mock (released Fridays)
• Just Faith hosted by Rev. Jacqui Lewis (released Fridays)
• REACH! hosted by Natalie Auzenne (released Saturdays)
• shift-only version of First Look hosted by Betty Nguyen
• msnbc Originals
• Three Cents hosted by Josh Barro
• Krystal Clear hosted by Krystal Ball
• Out There hosted by Thomas Roberts
• Greenhouse hosted by Tony Dokoupil