The “interim” tag has been removed from Rebecca Kutler‘s title at MSNBC. The network officially named her president on Wednesday.

Kutler’s appointment was announced by Mark Lazarus, CEO of the new SpinCo company that will house MSNBC, CNBC and other NBC Universal cable assets. “In the short time that Rebecca was the interim president, it became clear to me that she has the big-picture strategic view and the right leadership skills to ensure MSNBC delivers on its brand promise and is positioned for growth during a time of industry change,” Lazarus said in a statement provided to TVNewser.

“Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of learning how all of you do what you do so well, and you’ve been doing it for 28 years, and you’ve built something truly incredible,” Kutler said during a meeting with MSNBC leadership.

“MSNBC is now one of the most engaged brands in all of television,” she added. “We ended 2024 as number one in cable news on both YouTube and TikTok. That is a credit to everyone on this call and everyone who has built this brand into what it has become over the last 28 years.”

Kutler takes over from Rashida Jones, who stepped down as MSNBC’s leader at the beginning of the year. Prior to being named interim president, Kutler was the network’s senior vice president of content strategy in charge of dayside programming and non-linear content, including digital, audio, films, and live events.

She joined MSNBC in 2022 from CNN, where she was a senior vice president and part of the leadership team of the ill-fated CNN+.

With the SpinCo divestiture set to take place later this year, Kutler will be kept busy as she seeks to continue elevating the network’s ratings to its pre-election numbers. Bringing back Rachel Maddow to anchor her show five times a week for the Trump administration has been a boon for MSNBC in that regard. The week of Feb. 3 was the network’s highest-rated week since Election Week.

Kutler will also have to build MSNBC’s newsgathering infrastructure from the ground up, as the network will not be able to rely on NBC News’ resources and staff once the split becomes official.

“We have a new company, we have new leadership, we will have new offices, and we have a non-stop news cycle,” she noted in her meeting with the network’s leaders. “It’s going to be hard, but it’s also going to be exciting and interesting and a really important time to do what all of us do.”