MSNBC.com’s website has been rebranded NBCNews.com. This follows NBCUniversal purchase of Microsoft’s 50 percent share of the joint venture on July 13.
NBC News now has complete control over the MSNBC Digital Network, which includes MSNBC.com, Today.com, NightlyNews.com, BreakingNews.com and other sites. Microsoft’s MSN , which competes with other web portals like Yahoo! and AOL, will remain a distribution site for NBC News.
Microsoft and NBC teamed up to form MSNBC in 1996, designed to be a 24-hour news channel with a companion website. NBC agreed to acquire the news channel in 2005, leaving the Internet portion as a joint venture, while Comcast, the largest U.S. cable- television provider, purchased NBC Universal last year.
Source: BusinessWeek
