The 2024 presidential election is two years out, but that isn’t stopping people in the news media from discussing who they would consider voting for when those elections come around. 

During Tuesday’s edition of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” host Joe Rogan stated that he’s jumping on board the Ron DeSantis for president train.

“So all this stuff is happening while we have a dead man as a president,” Rogan said. “I think Ron DeSantis would work as a good president. I mean, what he’s done for Florida has been admirable.”

Rogan went on to state that what DeSantis has done for the state of Florida during his tenure as governor is why he will likely consider voting for him should the politician run for president in 2024. 

“I feel like what he did for Florida, a lot of people gave him a lot of grief, but ultimately he was correct,” Rogan said. “He was correct when it comes to like deaths, he was correct. And when it comes to protecting all vulnerable populations, he was correct in terms of distribution of monoclonal antibodies.”

“He was furious when the government tried to pull those; they were trying to pull very effective treatments. You know he is not perfect. He’s a human being, but, um, what he’s done is stand up for freedoms.”

Thomson Reuters Corp. is tapping tech and media veteran Paul Bascobert to be the next president of Reuters News, the news organization announced in a release. 

Bascobert has executive experience in the news media world, having been the former CEO of U.S. print giant Gannett Co Inc, which owns USA Today. He succeeds Michael Friedenberg, who left the company in December after a three-year stint. 

Under Friedenberg, he oversaw the appointment of Alessandra Galloni as the first woman editor-in-chief of Reuters News, relaunching reuters.com and pushing the company into the events industry.

“Paul combines a strong understanding of financial markets with belief in independent journalism and extensive experience as an operating executive, adviser, and entrepreneur with an impressive track record of transformation and growth in media and SaaS (software as a service) businesses,” Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker said.

“Reuters News plays an important role in Thomson Reuters strategy, and we look forward to working with Paul to deliver for our customers and drive long-term growth for our business.”

Bascobert will be working out of New York and report to Hasker. Meanwhile, Galloni will continue overseeing editorial content and report to Bascobert. In addition, Reuters finance chief Matthew Keen will remain as interim president until Bascobert begins his tenure on Sept. 19.

“We will develop new ways to serve our customers – LSEG Refinitiv, our news agency clients, and professionals – while continuing to grow the reach and impact for our fantastic journalism,” Bascobert said. 

Several NBC local news channels will be available on Roku after the digital media company announced a partnership with NBCUniversal. As of Tuesday, the channels will be available through The Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide.

The partnership between Roku and NBCUniversal will provide local news channels from its NBC stations in major markets around the country, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington DC, Hartford (CT), and South Florida. 

“Audiences are increasingly opting to consume news through streaming, and local news has consistently been one of the top requested categories by our users,” Ashley Hovey, Head of The Roku Channel, AVOD, said.

“We’re excited to work with NBCUniversal Local and the NBC Stations to expand our relevant live TV offering for streamers and to bring news from multiple major cities to millions of viewers across the country to easily access and enjoy.” 

The collaboration with NBCUniversal Local commemorates the first time local news programming will be available for users on The Roku Channel. The NBC local news channels will deliver the latest local news, breaking updates, weather forecasts, & live events from that selected region. 

“Local news has never been more vital to helping our audiences stay informed about what’s happening in their communities,” said Meredith McGinn, Executive Vice President of Diginets and Original Production, NBCUniversal Local. 

“We look forward to bringing our NBC local news channels and our stations’ best-in-class journalism to the millions of people The Roku Channel reaches and to launching more of our NBC local news channels to expand streamers’ access to our local news content.”