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NBCNews.com, a new website and new privacy standards you should know

Niemanlab :: It’s unlikely that many news consumers will read the fine print that comes with the splashy rebranding from MSNBC.com to NBCNews.com. The new website’s privacy policy was adopted to “align with NBC Universal standards in privacy,” the network’s chief digital officer, Vivian Schiller, told me. “If you go through it with a fine-toothed comb, I don’t think you’ll find it much different,” she said. But there are a few key things about the changing privacy policy that you should know.

A report by Adrienne LaFrance, www.niemanlab.org

MSNBC.com renamed to NBCNews.com as Microsoft and NBC Divorce

New York Times :: On Sunday night, MSNBC.com did something that successful Web sites almost never do: it renamed itself. The site became NBCNews.com, signifying the end of a relationship between NBC and Microsoft that dates back to the earliest days of the commercial Web. Early next year, MSNBC.com will be reborn as a stand-alone site for the cable channel MSNBC, ending the brand confusion that has plagued the site in the past.

Continue to read Brian Stelter, www.nytimes.com

Bye MSNBC! Welcome to NBCNews.com

On MSNBC | NBCNews.com :: Today we’re taking on a new name — NBCNews.com. While our name is changing, our commitment is not. In fact, in the weeks and months ahead, we’ll be bringing you more of what you love today, and NBCNews.com will stay true to its mandate of delivering the news you need with the innovative spirit you’ve come to expect across all of our digital platforms.

Continue to read Jennifer Sizemore, msnbc.msn.com

NBC, Microsoft getting online divorce

The Daily Beast :: NBC and Microsoft plan to announce a deal to finally part company, with the network buying back the remainder of their hugely popular MSNBC website from the software giant, say people familiar with the matter. Under the plan, officials will rebrand MSNBC.com.

Continue to read Howard Kurtz, www.thedailybeast.com

Ann Curry's Today show goodbye: Twitter reactions

Huffington Post :: In an emotional speech at 8:50 this morning, Ann Curry delivered her goodbye to the audience of NBC's "Today" show, where she has served as co-anchor since 2011. Last week the New York Times reported that Curry was being ousted in the wake of subpar ratings and in advance of NBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics.

[Ann Curry:] I have loved you, and I wanted to give you the world, and I still do.

Watch her here - Continue to read www.huffingtonpost.com

Politico: Joe Williams fell short of our standards for fairness and judgment

POLITICO :: POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on MSNBC and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night. Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney was only comfortable around white people.

Continue to read Dylan Byers, www.politico.com

NBC News to launch NBCNews.com

Politico :: NBC News, which has long had to share its website with MSNBC at msnbc.msn.com, is finally set to get its own website. NBC Universal has hired a new press representative and brand manager who tells POLITICO that her assignment will be to "ramp up political coverage through the November election for MSNBC.com and also introduce/promote/roll out/etc. what will be NBCNews.com."

Continue to read Dylan Byers, www.politico.com

Competing for advertising dollars: TV Networks are ready for their close-up

Media Decoder | New York Times :: The television industry’s “upfronts” reach full steam this week, with presentations by the networks. After a period of more modest presentations by the networks, spectacle is back, Amy Chozick writes, as “the big four broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — face more competition than ever. Cable channels and Web services like Hulu and YouTube hold their own elaborate upfronts and compete for the same advertising dollars.” Also, the presentations keep an eye on devoted TV fans who can use social networking to build interest in the fall season.

Continue to read Noam Cohen, mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

MSNBC.com: Video news reporting for the web is different, "talking heads" not needed

Beet.TV :: Unlike news on teleivison which fully occupies its own screen, video for the Web must share real estate with text which is generally adequate to report the news. To win mindshare on the Web, video has to be visual and unique, says Charlie Tillinghast, President and Publisher of MSNBC.com in this interview with Andy Plesser, Beet.TV.

Continue to read Andy Plesser, www.beet.tv

MSNBC edited George Zimmerman's 911 call

We should always seek the truth in the news.

NewsBusters.org :: Following in line with their broadcast television colleagues who deliberately edited the audio of a 9-1-1 call of George Zimmerman, the Florida community watch volunteer who shot teenager Trayvon Martin, to falsely impute racist motives to him, MSNBC.com, in an unbylined piece did the exact same thing in text form, stripping out vital information which made Zimmerman appear to be racially motivated against Martin, who is black. After being criticized, MSNBC.com restored the proper context but never posted a retraction.

The original conversation - Continue to read Randy Hall, newsbusters.org

First reported by Dan Riehl, breitbart.com