Tom Snyder always said it stood for "More Sh*t NoBody Cares about"
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:21 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, here's what I don't get. The "MS" in "msnbc" was short for Microsoft. > True, in today's multichannel environment, no one knows what channel > acronyms are supposed to mean anymore, but given its prior meaning - why > keep the msnbc name at all? > > I get that they can't just call it "NBC News Channel", akin to the > rebranding of Versus to NBC Sports Channel, since that would set off the > Fixed Noise types, although they'd want to keep some kind of indirect tie to > the mothership...still, there must be another name out there that fits the > channel better. Surely the crack minds who thought up "Syfy" and "Cloo" > can...oh, wait. > > <Emily Litella> Never mind. </Emily Litella> > > > On Monday, July 16, 2012 1:28:58 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >> NBC plans to relaunch msnbc.com early next year to be the >> promotional/supplemental arm for the cable channel--doesn't matter, the >> wingnuts will still bitch: >> >> >> http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/msnbccoms-kind-confusing-plan-clear-brand-confusion-name-change-47906 >> >> Meanwhile, nbcnews.com is pretty much the old msnbc.com with a different >> name and will still be heavily linked from msn.com's home page, which should >> keep its traffic up. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
