Cable's MSNBC Will Change Its Name Later This Year
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Part of its split from Comcast, MSNBC will be renamed to My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW) and will acquire a new logo as a result of this historic change of ownership
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.
The cable news channel is getting a new name and dropping NBC's peacock logo as part of a spinoff from NBC Universal.
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Political news network MSNBC is preparing to change its name, part of Comcast Corp.’s plan to spin off some of its cable channels into a separate company called Versant. The network will be called My Source News,
MSNBC will soon be known as "My Source News Opinion World" as it exits Comcast's family into the newly created media company Versant.
Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, according to internal memos seen by Reuters today, as parent Comcast presses ahead with the planned separation of many NBCUniversal cable networks later this year.
The new name and logo, which were brutally mocked online, are part of Comcast’s $7 billion spinoff of cable assets.
MSNBC is reportedly set to change its name to "My Source News Opinion World," The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday as part of Comcast's spin off from NBC Universal.
MSNBC is rebranding to "MS NOW" and is getting a new logo. Employees are buzzing about what the rebrand signals for the cable network's future.