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What, you thought the fun was over? Nope! As part of "NBC 2.0" (read: staff slashing), we're hearing MSNBC talking head Tucker Carlson is out the door in what's perhaps one of the biggest, though least surprising, shifts by the network. Meanwhile, FTVLive is reporting that Rita Cosby, who's already taken a backseat role after being removed from her primetime talking head gig, will also be without a home. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, we hear, will hang on to their seven-figure deals.
Update: While Eat The Press checks in with MSNBC chief Dan Abrams – who issues a requisite denial: "We have made no decisions about any possible programming changes" – we're also told that even Rita's production team isn't aware of the axing. Likely Abrams will want to deliver the news to Secaucus before the likes of us, huh?
