NBC and Microsoft broke up. The two were in a partnership
for many years and MSNBC.com was the last form of said partnership. The website
still exists but is completely owned by NBC and is now NBCNews.com. According
to “Microsoft and NBC end 16-year MSNBC partnership” by Erin Kim of
CNNMoney.com reports, “Comcast, the media giant’s parent company bought
Microsoft’s 50% share in the online news site.” MSNBC.com redirects to NBCNews
and “in early 2013, MSNBC.com will relaunch as the separate online home for NBC’s
cable network of the same name.”
The article states that in 2005 MSNBC TV had gone under the
control of NBC. After the schism, the network became “a politically progressive
alternative to News Corp.’s Fox News Channel” but the site did not. With the
two entities sharing two names but not the same position on content, the
current break up should “settle any confusion between the two – although, the
channel will keep the MSNBC name. Now, both are suppose to share content but have
two different names.
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