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MSNBC is rebranding amid its exit from NBCUniversal
On Monday, Aug. 18, Versant CEO Mark Lazarus revealed in a company-wide memo that MSNBC will now be called My Source for News, Opinion and the World, or MS NOW
Along with the name change, the logos for MSNBC, CNBC and other channels are changing
Goodbye, MSNBC.
On Monday, Aug. 18, the cable news channel revealed it has rebranded amid its exit from NBCUniversal. MSNBC will now be called My Source for News, Opinion and the World, or MS NOW.
The news was shared in a company-wide memo on Monday morning. Versant CEO Mark Lazarus said that the name change "underscores the brand's mission to serve as the destination for domestic and international breaking news and the best-in-class opinion journalism."
It marks the first of several shifts to separate the network from NBC before the end of the year.
The network is making strides to "untether ourselves from NBC News and embrace our independence under Versant," as MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler wrote in a company-wide memo that went out following Lazarus' announcement.
"During this time of transition, NBCUniversal decided that our brand requires a new, separate identity," Kutler revealed. "This decision now allows us to set our own course and assert our independence as we continue to build our own modern newsgathering operation."
The new logo of MS NOW
"While our name will be changing, who we are and what we do will not. Our commitment to our work and our audiences will not waiver from what the brand promise has been for three decades," she continued.
Several other channels will see changes as a result of the NBCUniversal exit, too.
Per Lazarus' memo, MS Now and other channels will see changes to their "brand designs," given that the "peacock is synonymous with NBCUniversal and is a symbol they have decided to keep within the NBCU family."
CNBC "will retain its name and is working on a new logo," he wrote, while "sports programming on USA Network and Golf Channel will come together under a new brand moniker of USA Sports."
USA Spots and Golf Channel will both be getting new logos.
Rachel Maddow and Jen Psaki on MSNBC
The entertainment brands under Versant will "remain unchanged," Lazarus said.
The rebrand of MSNBC comes amid continued shake-ups across the network.
Andrea Mitchell was the first of many MSNBC faces to depart the network at the beginning of the year.
She made her final appearance as anchor on Feb. 7 after nearly 17 years at the desk, months after she revealed that Andrea Mitchell Reports would end after the presidential inauguration.
Mitchell remains NBC News' chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent, PEOPLE confirmed at the time.
Days later, Joy Reid's exit from MSNBC was announced, which Rachel Maddow said it was "very, very, very hard to take."
"Personally, I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door," Maddow said during The Rachel Maddow Show hours after Reid's exit was announced.
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Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid
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Data journalist Steve Kornacki also left his position at MSNBC and signed a deal at NBCUniversal, PEOPLE confirmed in April. Under his new contract, Kornacki expanded his role across NBC News' broadcasts.
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