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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Versant is rebranding MSNBC as MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion and the World, and dropping the iconic ...

The 24-hour cable news network announced on Monday that it is taking on a new name in the wake of its spinoff from ...

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

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

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 ...

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.