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Anti-Trump news anchor Rachel Maddow defended MSNBC’s rebrand to MS NOW – arguing that the lefty cable channel would no longer have to vie for owner NBCUniversal’s “leftovers” and adding that “we’re competing with them now.” The new name and logo, which were brutally mocked online, are part of Comcast’s $7 billion spinoff of cable assets into a separate publicly-traded company known as Versant. During a recent podcast episode of “Pivot,” hosted by tech journalist Kara Swisher, Maddow said MSNBC will no longer have to make do with “leftovers” from NBC News programming and in-field reporting. “In this case, we...

LEBANON, TN — In an attempt to right the ship amid financial struggles and grow its customer base, restaurant chain Cracker Barrel announced it will be rebranded as Hispanic, Black, and Cracker Barrel. The company's decision to rebrand came after several difficult years for the business as it continued to wrestle with a variety of obstacles, including inflation, an aging clientele, and an apparent lack of people across the country in need of rocking chairs or old-timey home decor and crafts that were popular a century ago. "We need to cast a wider net for customers," said Cracker Barrel CEO...

Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter seems to be underway. In a series of late-night tweets Saturday, Musk shared that the company’s famous bird logo and name would soon be no more. The company, it seems, will simply be known as “X.” “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo would be changed Sunday. “It should have been done a long time ago, sorry it took so long,” he said. Later that night, he reportedly emailed employees about the change. According...

WASHINGTON — Democrats are refocusing their message on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill in response to inflation concerns from voters and key centrist lawmakers as Congress moves closer to final votes on the massive spending package. The White House and Democratic leaders have rebranded the legislation as an antidote to widespread price hikes, arguing that it would lower the cost of prescription drugs, child care and overall expenses related to raising families. "Want to fight inflation? Support Build Back Better," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday. Consumer prices jumped by 6.2 percent last month, the biggest...

NORWICH, Vt., July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The country's oldest flour company is now King Arthur Baking Company. The rebrand of King Arthur Flour reflects what the company has always been: a company of bakers who believe in the power of baking to forge community and bring joy. The new logo, which features a wheat crown, celebrates the brand's commitment to baking.

An inside ACORN source has just confirmed this to me: the Texas chapter of ACORN has pretended to break off from the national group and has incorporated itself under the name Texas Organizing Project. You read it here first. Here’s a helpful chart I made: http://www.canadafreepress.com/images/uploads/acornrebrandingchart_master1.jpg

The Need to Hold the GOP Accountable By Robert Parry May 5, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/050509.html Excerpts: Perhaps it was the image of Jeb Bush expounding on the future of the Republican Party or Condoleezza Rice channeling her inner Richard Nixon with the imperial logic that “by definition, if it was authorized by the President, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture.” But what is increasingly clear is that the modern Republican Party – with its unwillingness to face up to its responsibility for many of today’s calamities and the crimes of its leaders – has become a...