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MSNBC will change its name later this year to MS Now (My Source News Opinion World) and drop the peacock image from its branding. These are the first significant public-facing changes in Versant's upcoming separation from Comcast's NBCUniversal.
In addition to MS Now, USA Network and Golf Channel will merge into a new USA Sports brand and CNBC will change its logo but retain its name
The Versant split means that journalists and executives that have previously worked for both networks now have to choose one.
Mark Lazarus, who's leading Versant, announced that MSNBC would trade its famous name for a new one: My Source News Opinion World, or MS Now.
MSNBC is bolstering its roster with seven new faces. The network is expanding its Washington Bureau with big names from Bloomberg, NBC News and The Hill all joining the network. The news comes ahead of NBCUniversal spinning off several of its channels into a new company named Versant.
MSNBC still exists for now, but in the coming months, it’ll be broadcasting under a new name. The cable news network’s soon-to-be parent company Versant announced this morning that it’ll be giving many of its brands new logos and will officially be rebranding MSNBC to MS Now (My Source News Opinion World) at a yet to be announced date in the future.
The USGA has officially found a home for its wide-ranging portfolio of golf tournaments, and it’ll look pretty similar to its current abode. NBC announced on Tuesday that it has renewed a media rights agreement with the USGA that will keep the network as the home of the U.
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Golf Digest on MSNUSGA strikes media rights deal with NBC and new company Versant through 2032
There will be more coverage of USGA events in the future on the same network after the USGA and NBCUniversal announced on Tuesday that they’ve struck a media rights agreement through 2032.