Joy Reid's firing from MSNBC leaked to the press before her staff was notified, forcing network chief Rebecca Kutler to call an impromptu meeting filled with "pointed questions" and "raw emotions," media journalist Oliver Darcy reported Sunday.

Rebecca Kutler, the MSNBC president who just took the wheel earlier this month, called a hasty virtual meeting with staffers on Joy Reid's show, The ReidOut, after news of the program's cancellation leaked to the media -- and an audio recording of that meeting was then leaked.

Joy Reid’s liberal-minded show, according to Deadline, will be replaced with a show featuring Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez. The media outlet said the show