MSNBC is rebranding to MS NOW, but Microsoft’s influence lingers. A look at the history of Microsoft’s role, and how the “MS” ...

MSNBC is being renamed after parent company Comcast spins the cable news channel off into a separate corporate entity later ...

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 1995, file photo, Robert Wright, president and chief executive officer of NBC, speaks in New York with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, displayed on screen, speaks from Hong ...

Fox News Digital spoke with MSNBC staffers who are optimistic about their network's future but are divided over its new name ...

As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the NBC from its name. Later this year, the ...

MSNBC originally got its name from a joint venture between Microsoft—which operated MSN—and NBC, retaining the moniker even ...

Microsoft’s own stake in the cable TV channel was dissolved in 2005. One of the problems, the Times said, is that NBC felt handcuffed by the web joint venture.

MSNBC will change its name to MS Now, for My Source News Opinion World, and unveil a new logo this year as part of the cable ...

NBC’s own story on the deal didn’t disclose the terms, but Brian Stelter at the New York Times did: Microsoft is getting $300 million for its 50 percent stake in the JV, according to his sources.

NBC is buying Microsoft's 50 percent interest in the MSNBC website for an undisclosed amount. MSNBC.com will be rebranded as NBCNews.com, and readers who logged into MSNBC.com late Sunday were ...

0 NBC and Microsoft Advertising announced a unique digital marketing partnership designed to promote NBC’s “More Colorful” Fall 2010 program lineup. The partnership will be executed through ...