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

Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its ...

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 ...

In his latest column, Kirk Varner questions why brand consultants weren't advised, and notes this isn't the first time an NBC ...

MSNBC will soon have a new name and look. The network announced it will rebrand as MS NOW - short for "My Source News Opinion ...

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

The MSNBC news network has said it will change its name to become My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part ...

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.

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.

Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world's largest software maker to build its own online news service.

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 ...

NBC News is currently in talks to buy back Microsoft's portion of MSNBC.com, which could see the two companies severing their relationship after nearly 17 years in the news business.