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==Who owns MSNBC==
[[File:Velshi-riot.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|While buildings burned behind him, Ali Velshi of MSNBC reported with a straight face that [[leftist]] "protests" were "not generally speaking unruly."<ref>*[https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/05/29/msnbc-reporter-front-burning-liquor-store-protest-not-generally-speaking-unruly/ MSNBC Reporter In Front Of Burning Liquor Store: Protest “Not Generally Speaking Unruly”]<br>*[https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404 The Naked Gun - "Nothing to see here!"]</ref>]]
:{{See also|NBCUniversal|Comcast}}
The MSNBC channel was started in 1996 as a joint venture between [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]]. On December 23, 2005, ending a partnership that had soured long before, Microsoft and NBC announced that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel, with NBC taking control. NBC completed a deal to assume majority control of the channel, with an 82% stake.<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610F93E540C778EDDAB0994DD404482]</ref> The joint venture with Microsoft has come to an end.<ref>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/microsoft-nbc-dissolve-msnbccom-joint-venture/article4418455/</ref>
