NBC News in the context of "MSNBC"


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⭐ Core Definition: NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. It operates under the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of NBCUniversal, which itself is a subsidiary of Comcast. The news division's various operations report to the president of NBC News, Rebecca Blumenstein. The NBCUniversal News Group also comprises the Spanish language Noticias Telemundo and United Kingdom-based Sky News. It formerly included MSNBC, the network's 24-hour liberal cable news channel, as well as business and consumer news channels CNBC and CNBC World before their split in 2025 as part of a larger split from NBCUniversal into Versant.

NBC News aired the first regularly scheduled news program in American broadcast television history on February 21, 1940. The group's broadcasts are produced and aired from 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NBCU's headquarters in New York City. The division presides over the flagship evening newscast, NBC Nightly News; the world's first of its genre morning television program, Today; and the longest-running American television series, Meet the Press, a Sunday morning newsmaker interview program. NBC News also offers 70 years of rare historic footage from the NBCUniversal Archives online. NBC News operates NBCNews.com, the division's official website.

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MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) is an American cable news channel owned by Versant, a subsidiary of Comcast pending its spin-off to their shareholders in 2026. The channel primarily broadcasts rolling news coverage and modern liberal-leaning political commentary.

The channel was first established in 1996 as a joint venture between NBC News and Microsoft (with its original name being a portmanteau of MSN and NBC). This venture encompassed the channel and the news portal MSNBC.com. Microsoft divested its stake in the channel in 2005, followed by the website in 2012; the website was subsequently rebranded as NBCNews.com, and MSNBC.com was later taken over by the cable channel's editorial staff.

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