Comcast announced that it would spin off most of its cable networks, including CNBC, into a separate entity.

Mark Lazarus described the new spinoff as entrepreneurial and flexible, one staffer said. The mood at the company seemed upbeat, per three staffers.

Trump ally Steve Bannon, on his radio show last week, sent out a specific warning to the network’s anchors and producers.

MSNBC and CNBC — will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News once a spinoff formally takes effect in about a ...