Ari Melber
American television journalist
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| 2024 | Wrote an essay for the Jay-Z book 'Book of HOV', further establishing his connection with hip hop culture and music journalism. |
| 2024 | MSNBC introduced The Beat Weekend, a week-in-review broadcast airing on Saturday afternoons, as part of changes to its weekend schedule. |
| 2024 | 'The Beat' reached 1.5 billion total online views on YouTube. |
| 2024 | The Ankler reports MSNBC became the most-watched news network on YouTube, attributed to Ari Melber's regular postings. |
| 2024 | Mediaite includes Ari Melber in its list of the most influential people in media, highlighting his show's dominance in cable news ratings. |
| January 2024 | Forbes reports The Beat as the highest-rated show across MSNBC and CNN. |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Times profiles Ari Melber, highlighting that 'The Beat' has higher YouTube ratings than any other personality at the network. |
| 2023 | The show crossed 1.5 billion total views on YouTube, averaging over 500,000 views per clip, as reported by Semafor. |
| 2023 | The Beat becomes the highest-rated show on MSNBC, breaking the network's 27-year record by being the first show outside the prime-time window to take top ratings honors. |
| November 2023 | AdWeek reported The Beat as the 'highest-rated non-Fox News show in the ratings demo' on cable news. |
| 2022 | Conducted a special report on Jay-Z and DJ Khaled's song 'God Did', which was subsequently transformed by Jay-Z into a new track 'Hov Did' featuring Melber's original commentary. |
| January 2021 | The Beat with Ari Melber reaches No. 1 among cable news shows at 6 p.m., averaging 2.6 million viewers per night. The show's ratings increase by 46% compared to previous year. |
| 2020 | The Beat was nominated for 'Outstanding Live Interview' at the 41st News and Documentary Emmy Awards. |
| 2020 | The Beat is nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Interview. |
| June 2020 | Received positive commentary from conservative commentator Tiana Lowe, who praised Ari Melber's MSNBC show as running a 'good straight news hour'. |
| June 2020 | Mediaite praised Melber's show 'The Beat' as a 'thought-provoking' and 'idiosyncratic' program, highlighting his interviewing style that focuses on facts and logical reasoning rather than partisan attacks. |
| 2019 | Launched Nevuary Radio music show on Apple Music, expanding his media presence into music programming. |
| 2019 | Broke an investigative story about police repeatedly tasing a Virginia man to death in police custody, which led to an FBI investigation of the officers' conduct. |
| 2019 | Nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Live Interview' for interviewing four key witnesses in the Mueller probe simultaneously. |
| 2019 | Broke a story about potential state-level charges against Mueller probe defendants, leading to New York State prosecutors filing separate charges against Paul Manafort. |
| February 2019 | Interviewed former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, exposing a false response about potential interference in the Mueller probe, which was later highlighted in a congressional hearing. |
| November 2018 | On the night of the midterm elections, broke the story that Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee intended to request President Trump's tax returns, which was carried out in April 2019. |
| September 2018 | The Beat averaged 1.7 million viewers per night, outperforming CNN's 6 p.m. show and all other CNN prime time shows. |
| February 2018 | The Beat and Deadline: White House posted record viewership in MSNBC history for their respective timeslots. |
| 2017 | The Detroit Free Press named The Beat with Ari Melber to its 'best' TV shows, highlighting its reporting on the Robert Mueller Russia investigation. |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber defeated CNN in total viewers and delivered MSNBC's largest yearly audience ever for its 6 p.m. timeslot. |
| 2017 | Ari Melber divorced Drew Grant, who was the Managing Editor of Passionfruit. |
| 2017 | Hosted 'The Point' on Sundays on MSNBC. |
| July 24 2017 | Premiered 'The Beat' show on MSNBC. |
| May 18 2017 | An investigation probe was announced, which included an obstruction investigation following Melber's earlier reporting. |
| May 9 2017 | Reported that the firing of FBI Director James Comey could trigger an investigation into obstruction of justice on the day Comey was fired. |
| July 2015 | MSNBC's 'The Cycle' was canceled, after which Melber continued working for the network as Chief Legal Correspondent and began substituting as host for The Rachel Maddow Show and other programs. |
| April 2015 | Named chief legal correspondent at MSNBC after previously serving as a guest host. |
| 2013 | Concluded work at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and began writing for various news outlets including The Nation, The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico. |
| April 2013 | Ari Melber was named a co-host of MSNBC's political talk show 'The Cycle', joining hosts S.E. Cupp, Krystal Ball, Touré, and Steve Kornacki. |
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