engine - 9:44 am on Jul 16, 2012 (gmt 0)

We all grew up on the Net with MSNBC.
MSNBC Now NBCNews.com With Microsoft Shares Acquired by Comcast [nytimes.com]

On Sunday night, MSNBC.com did something that successful Web sites almost never do: it renamed itself. The site became NBCNews.com, signifying the end of a relationship between NBC and Microsoft that dates back to the earliest days of the commercial Web. Early next year, MSNBC.com will be reborn as a stand-alone site for the cable channel MSNBC, ending the brand confusion that has plagued the site in the past. With the changes, “we will fully own our digital businesses,” said Steve Capus, the president of NBC News.