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Cable's MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of corporate divorce from NBC
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Cable's MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of corporate divorce from NBC

  • By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer

The television network MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of its corporate divorce from NBC. The new name will by My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short. MSNBC, which will also removed NBC's peacock corporate logo from its insignia, has been building a separate news division from NBC News by hiring new reporters and executives in recent months. It has been known as MSNBC since its formation in 1996, as a partnership then between Microsoft and NBC. It runs second in cable news ratings to Fox News Channel with personalities like Rachel Maddow, Nicole Wallace and Ari Melber.

Barbara Walters, news pioneer and 'The View' creator, dies
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Barbara Walters, news pioneer and 'The View' creator, dies

  • By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer
  • Updated

Barbara Walters, a pioneer as TV news' first woman superstar, has died. She was 93. That's according to ABC News. Her cause of death was not immediately known. Other details, such as where she died, were not immediately released. Walters made headlines in 1976 as the first female network news anchor, with an unprecedented $1 million annual salary. During more than three decades at ABC, and before that at NBC, Walters' exclusive interviews with the famous and powerful brought her celebrity status that ranked. As a highly successful side venture, she created and appeared on a daytime ABC talk show, "The View," until 2014.