MSNBC got its name upon its formation in 1996, as a partnership then between Microsoft and NBC.

NBC News began cutting 7%, or about 150 of its roughly 2,000-person staff, as it gears up to operate independently of MSNBC and CNBC.

Mark Lazarus, who's leading Versant, announced that MSNBC would trade its famous name for a new one: My Source News Opinion ...

(The Hill) — MSNBC officially rebranded to MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion and the World, on Saturday. The name change, which was announced in August, comes as the cable network ...

Whether viewers like MSNBC’s new name or not, it seems they’re sticking with the cable news network now known as MS NOW, for My Source: News, Opinion, World. As media divorces go, this one has been ...

Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its corporate divorce from NBC. The network, which appeals to liberal audiences ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting Saturday, NBCUniversal's cable news channel MSNBC will be called MS NOW, a makeover that may come as a shock to its loyal ...

With opinionated MSNBC out of the way, a new NBC News promo is taking shots at the kind of partisan yakking typified by MSNBC and the other cable news channels. “Fact. Clarity. Calm. Reporting For ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Asked what viewers should expect when television’s MSNBC makes its corporate divorce from NBC News official this weekend, network president Rebecca Kutler points to a poster on the ...

From Keith Olbermann's fascism accusations to Rachel Maddow's dictatorship warnings, a look at how the network shifted ...

(CNN) — As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the NBC from its name. CNN — (CNN) — As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping ...