MSNBC is rebranding to MS NOW, but Microsoft’s influence lingers. A look at the history of Microsoft’s role, and how the “MS” lives on.

Versant is rebranding MSNBC as MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion and the World, and dropping the iconic Peacock logo as part of the change. The rebrand, announced Monday, is part of Comcast’s efforts to separate the progressive cable news channel from NBC News and its other assets as it…

MSNBC will soon have a new name and look. The network announced it will rebrand as MS NOW - short for "My Source News Opinion World" - by the end of the year. The change comes as MSNBC splits from NBCUniversal in a $7 billion spinoff deal that will create a new media company

Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, according to internal memos seen by Reuters today, as parent Comcast presses ahead with the planned separation of many NBCUniversal cable networks later this year.

Now, MSNBC is MS NOW. As MSNBC leaves NBCUniversal for Versant (formerly, SpinCo.), the cable news channel is rebranding to an acronym that stands for My Source for News, Opinion and the World. Right, so the MS no longer stands for Microsoft, but it’s still there.

The cable TV network’s new name, MS NOW, became the subject of mockery on social media soon after it was announced on Monday.

The rebranding — which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World — comes as Comcast spins off several of its cable networks into a new company called Versant. The change will drop both the NBC name and the peacock logo from MSNBC 's branding.

MSNBC's new name, 'MS NOW,' was mocked on social media on Monday as the branding change was compared to several failed computer software products.