MSNBC is about to undergo a name change in the coming days. This move follows its parent company, Comcast, spinning the channel off into a new company called Versant. Once MSNBC becomes part of Versant,

The change, announced on Monday, comes as MSNBC has been building its own news division, as NBC News will no longer be a sister outlet following the spinoff. MSNBC and other Comcast cable networks will be part of a separate company, Versant, led by Mark Lazarus.

The cable news channel is getting a new name and dropping NBC's peacock logo as part of a spinoff from NBC Universal.

Cable news channel MSNBC is going to rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, according to a new report from the New York Times. The change is happening because Comcast’s NBCUniversal is spinning off many of its cable TV assets into a new company called Versant, severing ties with the “NBC” part of MSNBC.

Say goodbye to MSNBC and hello to... MS NOW. The cable channel owned by NBCUniversal (which, in turn, is owned by Comcast) is going through a name change, which means a rebrand.

MSNBC is being renamed after parent company Comcast spins the cable news channel off into a separate corporate entity later this year. The left-leaning channel will be known as MS NOW once it becomes part of Versant, a new company, and is no longer associated with NBC News, staffers were told Monday.

Morning Joe hosts claim they love it. Everyone else says it sounds like a multiple-sclerosis charity with MS Paint branding.

The upcoming spinoff of communications giant Comcast’s ($CMCSA) linear television arm, which will form a new operation called Versant, will not

Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, ahead of the planned spinoff of the bulk of parent Comcast's NBCUniversal cable networks later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.