At a meeting of MSNBC personnel, Mark Lazarus, who will head a new Comcast backed cable spin off could not say if the outlet's name might change Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

MSNBC may not have its name for long. The network, along with its sister business network CNBC, could have to change its name after Comcast moved on Wednesday to cleave itself of nearly all of its ...

Left-leaning cable channel MSNBC will get to keep its name after it is spun off by Comcast, the company said. Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new company consisting of MSNBC and other cable assets ...

Comcast, NBC News and MSNBC did not immediately respond ... The MSNBC employee said it was "interesting" that Lazarus implied a name change could be on the horizon. MSNBC was named in 1996 as a ...

Big changes are afoot at MSNBC. The progressive news network canceled several shows and will expand anchor shifts as it prepares for life after its upcoming split from NBC News. The Comcast Corp ...

Left-leaning cable network MSNBC is doubling down on opinion-based shows and further cutting back on straight news, according to a report. Some NBC News correspondents reportedly have been told by … ...

The decline of pay TV has culminated in Comcast placing MSNBC — along with sister networks such as CNBC and E! — in a spinoff company that will essentially be a repository for its cable outlets.

Forget short-term ratings drops - questions about the future of the network picked up considerably Nov. 20, when parent company Comcast announced that it would spin off MSNBC and some of its other ...

Comcast Corp. is cleaving off a huge chunk of its television portfolio to create a new company composed of its cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA Network. The Philadelphia-based cable ...

The plan, formally announced Wednesday, means MSNBC will be owned by a separate entity from its parent NBC News, ending what has at times been a tense relationship. Nothing changes right away ...