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

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

MSNBC is dropping the “NBC” from its name as it splits from NBC News. • The cable network will rebrand later this year as MS ...

Changing its mind about keeping its name, the MSNBC news network said Monday it will become My Source News Opinion World, or ...

The company says the name change will allow it to ‘chart our own path forward, create distinct brand identities, and ...

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 will rebrand as MS Now later this year as Comcast separates the network from NBC News, marking a push for independence ...

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 ...

Sixteen years after an unlikely duo launched news joint venture MSNBC on cable and online, Microsoft and NBC News are taking charge of their own digital news destinies. The rebranded NBCNews.com ...

Microsoft initially invested an estimated $500 million in 1996 for its stake in the joint venture, which was intended to help NBC to expand its reach. The partnership created the cable network and ...

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 ...

The relationship began to unwind in 2005 when Microsoft sold its stake in MSNBC's cable TV channel to NBC. NBC is buying Microsoft's 50 percent interest in the MSNBC website for an undisclosed amount.