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[[Image:April 2nd MSNBC.png|right|thumb|MSNBC logo.]]

[[Image:April 2nd MSNBC.png|right|thumb|MSNBC logo.]]

'''MSNBC''' is a  24-hour cable news channel. Started in 1996, as a joint venture of [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]]. On December 23, 2005, ending a partnership that soured long before, Microsoft and NBC announced that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel, with NBC taking control. NBC completed a deal to assume majority control of the channel, with an 82 percent stake.[[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610F93E540C778EDDAB0994DD404482]]

'''MSNBC''' is a  24-hour cable news channel. It was started in 1996 as a joint venture between [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]]. On December 23, 2005, ending a partnership that soured long before, Microsoft and NBC announced that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel, with NBC taking control. NBC completed a deal to assume majority control of the channel, with an 82 percent stake.[[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610F93E540C778EDDAB0994DD404482]]

The channel is the lowest rated of the three major cable news channels.

The channel is the lowest rated of the three major cable news channels.