MSNBC
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MSNBC (short for Microsoft NBC)[1][2] is an American news-based television channel and website. It is owned by NBCUniversal—a subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political commentary.
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United States and Canada |
| Headquarters | 30 Rockefeller Plaza Manhattan, New York City |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
| Parent | NBCUniversal News Group |
| Sister channels | CNBC CNBC World NBC |
| History | |
| Launched | July 15, 1996 (1996-07-15) |
| Replaced | America's Talking (1994–1996) MSNBC Canada (in Canada) |
| Links | |
| Website | MSNBC Website |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 20.4 (Alexandria, Minnesota) |
| Streaming media | |
| fuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
| DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| YouTube TV | Internet Protocol television |
As of September 2018, approximately 87 million households in the United States (90.7 percent of pay television subscribers) were receiving MSNBC. In 2022, MSNBC averaged 1.2 million weekday primetime viewers, behind rival Fox News, which averaged 2.3 million viewers.
MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996 under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming.[2][1] Microsoft divested itself of its stakes in the MSNBC channel in 2005 and its stakes in msnbc.com in July 2012. The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com, and a new msnbc.com was created as the online home of the cable channel.[3] In the late summer of 2015, MSNBC revamped its programming by entering into a dual editorial relationship with its organizational parent NBC News. MSNBC Reports, the network's flagship daytime news platform, was expanded to cover over eight hours of the day.[4]