NBC Purchases MSNBC Rights From Microsoft 209
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."
Re:Partisan content? (Score:4, Funny)
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. :)
Partisan Content? (Score:3, Funny)
No way, I can't believe it. I thought MSNBC was completely free of bias.
Re:Partisan content? (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Now it can finally be more pro Obama (Score:1, Funny)
I was worried that MSNBC wouldn't be able to be a fully functioning arm of the White House.
Will it be renamed to NBCNBC? (Score:5, Funny)
I am still waiting for CNNBCBS, a division of ABC. That would be the worst channel ever.
Re:Partisan content? (Score:5, Funny)
I didnt know there an apple-fox channel.
Who watches MSNBC anyway? (Score:0, Funny)
MSNBC hasn't been a real news network since it began. That's why everyone watches Fox News instead.