Kind of sounds like NBC News is gone; no? I'll go back and read it more closely. See if I can make sense of NBCNews/MSNBC/MS.
The cable channel MSNBC was originally a joint venture between the broadcast network and Bill Gates’ company—hence the initials in the name—but the television partnership was dissolved in 2005. The companies, however, remained 50-50 partners in the website.
the network has been divorced since 2005
nbc wants the web site