Is Shake Up Coming to MSNBC.com?

As reports indicate NBCUniversal is in talks to buy Microsoft Corporation’s 50 percent stake in MSNBC.com, what does this mean for media folks who work on the site?

Adweek indicated it’s “not clear at the moment” what will happen to MSNBC.com employees.

Initially the site was launched as a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft but in 2005, NBC bought most of Microsoft’s stake in MSNBC. In 2007, NBC fully owned MSNBC but the site hasn’t been fully taken over by the peacock network.

Considering NBC hasn’t previously taken over Microsoft’s portion of MSNBC.com,

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