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NBC Purchases MSNBC Rights From Microsoft
flatt writes "Ending a sixteen year partnership between the now Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Microsoft, the MSNBC.com website has been immediately renamed to NBCNews.com. Both parties note that the integration between both parties is deep and will require 2 years to complete the decoupling. For the immediate future, NBC will continue to provide news content for MSN.com and Microsoft will continue to be the advertising provider for the site. Content control, brand confusion, and partisan content are cited as reasons behind the breakup. Microsoft sold its 50% share in the MSNBC TV rights to NBC back in 2005."
Whenever I see any MS 'news' content, it seems to be mostly celebrity drivel. I suppose I get what I deserve for having a hotmail account. :)
No way, I can't believe it. I thought MSNBC was completely free of bias.
It means the two most evil entities in their respective industries are separating to focus on being more effective at being evil in their respective industries.
I was worried that MSNBC wouldn't be able to be a fully functioning arm of the White House.
I am still waiting for CNNBCBS, a division of ABC. That would be the worst channel ever.
I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
I didnt know there an apple-fox channel.
MSNBC hasn't been a real news network since it began. That's why everyone watches Fox News instead.