msnbc Digital Network Buys BreakingNews.com URL

MSNBC furthered its claim to the term “breaking news” on the Web with msnbc Digital Network’s acquisition of URL www.breakingnews.com joining MSNBC-owned Twitter account @breakingnews.

While the deal was officially announced Tuesday, it was likely completed much earlier, as the Twitter biography of one of the site’s co-founders contained this last month: “Journalist. VP and co-founder of BNO News. Also co-founder of @BreakingNews, now owned by MSNBC. Sometimes ‘se habla español.'”

MSNBC also has its own Twitter feed.

msnbc Digital Network president Charlie Tillinghast said:

We know that people want news in different ways in varying circumstances.

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