For more news turn to MSNBC which is based in the United States and gives 24hour cable news that is available in the U.S. and Canada.
In 1996 MSNBC and msn.bc.com through two partnerships where founded by the NBC unit of General Electric, now known as NBC Universal, and Microsoft.
Although formally a 50-50 partnership NBC Universal purchased majority interest of MSNBC in December 23, 2005.
Today NSNBC is owned 82% by NBC Universal and 18% by Microsoft and a 50-50 partnership continues with msn.bc.com.
MSNBC has it's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. Sister channel's of MSNBC are CNBC, CNBC World, NBC, and The Weather Channel.
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