I suspect who he's replaced with may be related to the reason for his departure. If he quit because of the merger, that probably doesn't mean a different direction for MSNBC. They'll probably replace him with a regular contributor the way they promoted Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell from regular contributors to hosts. If Keith was fired for being to anti-corporatist or too far left, though, it might be someone more conservative perhaps someone from the WSJ crowd.
Has the reason for his leaving been announced yet? There are a lot of theories around, but I've not seen anything official yet.
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