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MSN historical PR timelineApril 2014Nov. 6, 2013MSN announced that the msnNOW channel will be retired to adjust the editorial mix and strategy to meet readers’ interests and advertiser needs. Rather than having a single home for trending content, MSN will continue to integrate material through all MSN channels. For more information please visit the MSN blog.June 12, 2013MSN announced Motor Trend on MSN, an all-new immersive online automotive experience. The new site, expected to launch in early 2014, will pair Motor Trend’s rich content and unparalleled automotive testing expertise with MSN’s audience reach and technical capability. For more information check out the Microsoft Advertising Blog.April 9, 2013MSN announced the beta availability of msnNOW for Firefox, which is part of Mozilla’s new Social API for Firefox. The experience allows people to see what’s trending across the Web on msnNOW including the latest from real-time sources like Facebook, Twitter, Bing and directly in a convenient browser sidebar. For more information check out the MSN Blog.March 18, 2013MSN partnered with Erin Andrew to highlight sports on MSN for Windows 8 as the fastest comprehensive resource for NCAA tournament news and encourage consumers to try MSN for Windows 8 at local Microsoft stores for a chance to win a trip to the championship game in Atlanta. In addition, MSN released March Madness survey data around how fans experience the tournament. Please see the MSN Blog for more information.March 14, 2013MSN announced a new browser experience for iPhone and Android. The new MSN has been streamlined for speed, making it one the fastest media websites on the Web. MSN on iPhone (iOS 5 and 6) and Android (4.x) smartphones is now available at . For more information check out the MSN blog.Feb. 21, 2013MSN released a study by Principled Technologies Inc. that showed MSN for Windows 8 to be more than four times faster on average than other leading news and information sites. For more information check out the MSN blog.Dec. 3, 2012MSN announced moneyNOW, MSN Money’s newest destination for smart, original and entertaining takes on the latest business and investing topics that are buzzing on the Web. For more information check out the MSN blog.Nov. 27, 2012MSN launched Firefox with MSN, a version of the popular browser that includes default MSN settings. For more information check out the MSN blog.Oct. 24, 2012MSN released MSN for Windows 8. Built exclusively for Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10, MSN for Windows 8 gives people a place where they can be informed, decompress and let their curiosity reign. From the updated user interface to blazing fast speed and comprehensive content, MSN showcases what it does best — instant access to the information people want most. For more details check out the MSN blog. July 15, 2012Microsoft Corp. announced the divestiture of its 50 percent share in to joint venture partner NBC. MSNBC will be fully owned and operated by NBC. For more information check out the MSN blog. June 28, 2012MSN announced that Fandango, one of the nation’s No. 1 ticketing services, will be the official online and mobile movie ticketer for MSN Movies and MSN Entertainment. For more information check out the MSN blog. June 27, 2012MSN unveiled a refreshed health and lifestyle site called MSN Healthy Living, featuring new wellness content from respected brands such as Prevention, , HealthDay, Mayo Clinic, Harvard and EatingWell. MSN Healthy Living uncovers and explains important health and wellness issues in clear terms and keeps readers up to date on breaking health news. For more information check out the MSN blog. March 1, 2012MSN launched MSN Editions, which allows people to choose from one of three custom homepage experiences — Entertainment, News and Sports — to see more of the stories and videos related to their interests, right when they open the MSN homepage. For full details check out the MSN blog.Feb. 15, 2012MSN launched msnNOW, a new service that gives people a view of breaking trends from across the Web, what people are saying about it and why it matters. It scours the most interesting conversations happening on Facebook and Twitter, the most popular searches on Bing, and the most interesting topics on — all in one place.?msnNOW expert editors add key insights on why a story is trending, if it’s true and where to find out more, so people are the most informed of their friends on the latest trends. Check out the MSN blog for more information.Feb. 9, 2012Microsoft announced the MSN for iPad app, which delivers a visually rich, touch-enabled experience that aggregates content all in one place. Users can browse all MSN content reimagined as an online magazine. Check out the MSN blog for full details.Feb. 1, 2012MSN announced the official transition of MSN Lifestyle to MSN Living, which now features new content from outlets such as Glamour, Cosmo, GQ, Parenting, and the latest posts from bloggers and fashion/beauty experts. MSN Living is the online destination for people to connect with timely and relevant trends in beauty, fashion, home décor and wedding style, as well as expert parenting and relationship advice. Full details are available on the MSN blog.Dec. 12, 2011Hearst Digital Media and MSN announced the relaunch of , with a new logo and color scheme, simplified navigation and search features, and new advertiser sponsorship options. The change also integrates HTML5 functionality into the homepage video promo player. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Nov. 29, 2011MSN Money launched a refreshed version of its Top Stocks site. In addition to a new look, the redesigned Top Stocks site incorporates several new contributors, including industry pundit Gene Marcial, who brings his well-known Inside Wall Street column exclusively to MSN twice a week. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Nov. 16, 2011MSN announced the availability of the OnPoint app on Windows Phone, iPhone and iPad, and Android devices. OnPoint combines the best women’s lifestyle content from MSN and its partners, including , Women’s Health, Marie Claire, Redbook, Good Housekeeping and more. The app places content women care about, including fashion, fitness, food and more, right at women’s fingertips. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.June 16, 2011MSN announced MSN Book Club, an online lifestyle resource designed to give its more than 600 million readers access to a variety of content, including exclusive videos and interviews from featured authors. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.June 8, 2011MSN updated the MSN Video channel on MSN Mobile, making it easier for users to discover and watch videos while on the go. With more than 30 video galleries, including news, viral, sports and celebrities, users are bound to find what interests them. In addition, MSN Video rolls out an HTML5-enabled video player for a more immersive experience. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.May 25, 2011MSN expanded the availability of the Onit app to iPhone and iPad. The app serves as the “guy’s guide” to cars, girls, gadgets, fitness, events and more, aggregating top content from across the Web and putting it at users’ fingertips. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.March 17, 2011MSN and several of its partners — including Men’s Health, Runner’s World, Popular Mechanics, Esquire and — launched Onit, a new men’s lifestyle app exclusively for Windows Phone 7. The app serves as the “guy’s guide” to cars, girls, gadgets, fitness, events and more, aggregating top content from across the Web and putting it at users’ fingertips. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Feb. 16, 2011MSN rolled out two new mobile releases: MSN Video for Windows Phone 7 and MSN Lifestyle Channel on mobile. MSN Video gives Windows Phone 7 users access to a huge selection of video content including sports, entertainment and news, as well as top MSN Originals. MSN Lifestyle Channel provides users with the ability to explore articles and slideshows from top brands, such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, InStyle and Marie Claire, using MSN Lifestyle Channel on mobile on iOS, Android or Windows Phone 7. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Dec. 1, 2010MSN, partnering with Rodale, launched Fitbie, a new addition to the MSN Lifestyle Channel portfolio of sites designed as an authoritative source for fitness, diet and weight loss content. Fitbie brings premium content from Rodale’s brands, including Women’s Health, Prevention, Runner’s World, Bicycling and Men’s Health, offering advice on how to look, feel and live better by making the right diet and fitness choices. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.May 13, 2010MSN Mobile launched a new homepage, which has the same look and feel of .?The new mobile homepage offers mobile Internet users access to a broad range of content and services that they need to stay in the know, including video within content, one-click access to Bing, Hotmail and Messenger and more. The page design is optimized for mobile devices and provides smartphone users with a highly usable, relevant mobile experience. It provides consumers and advertisers with the same clean, consistent experience across both the PC and mobile. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.April 6, 2010Microsoft, BermanBraun and Hachette Filipacchi Media (HFM) U.S., launched Glo, a new lifestyle site that focuses on style, beauty, living and relationship content. Glo utilizes a unique vertical scrolling method that presents its topics daily with a fresh and in-the-know perspective, filled with glossy, full-screen photo galleries, videos, and unique features. It combines the imagery and feel of a magazine with the appeal of a dynamic site such as WONDERWALL, to offer an online destination that is neither traditional Web nor print. The success of the joint venture, Wonderwall, propelled MSN and BermanBraun to deepen their alliance and add the category experience of HFM. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.March 9, 2010MSN announced the general availability of its new homepage to its more than 100 million U.S. customers. The new homepage helps people stay in the know with the best search experience from Bing, the latest news and hottest entertainment from popular and trusted sources, and favorite social networks — all in a fresh new look. It offers a local experience with its MSN Local Edition, which delivers one of the most comprehensive local experiences on the Web. Following the preview launch in November 2009, MSN made more than 30 updates, following 70,000 pieces of customer feedback. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Feb. 8, 2010MSN teamed up with NBC Universal to create “ on MSN,” a next-generation online experience for Olympic fans across the United States that set online viewing records and drew critical acclaim at the 2008 Beijing Games — making it a go-to resource for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Colombia. “ on MSN” provides online users with exclusive access to more than 400 hours of live competition and more than 1,000 hours of on-demand video content, including full-event replays, highlights, features, interviews and encore packages, and HD-experience powered by Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming that gives users the choice of a high-quality full-screen viewing experience and access to content, including results, statistics, comprehensive bios, rules and expert analysis, from NBC’s Olympic digital media team in Vancouver. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Jan. 20, 2010MSN announced its support of Bundle, a startup social media company dedicated to helping people make better sense of their spending and saving decisions. features a groundbreaking, free money comparison tool, Everybody’s Money, which shows millions of personal finance trends across the U.S. Bundle has one of the most extensive collections of free spending data on the web, as well as information on saving, budgeting and investing. Users can see how people just like them spend money, and then share their findings via Facebook, Twitter and email. Additional details can be found on the MSN blog.Nov. 10, 2009MSN and Bing announced the rolling release of the new Bing Videos experience. Bing Videos combines Bing video search and quality content from MSN Video that delivers consumers a comprehensive, organized, and high quality video experience. Bing Videos brings together rich content of MSN with its Web-wide search capabilities, a new Homepage with a rich browse experience enhanced by MSN that help customers discover some of the Web’s best content and offers a number of categorized pages that deliver a featured gallery (such as TV series) and highlighted videos. Bing Videos takes advantage of Silverlight by embedding the MSN Video Silverlight player. The MSN Video Silverlight player offers a clean, simple design; High Definition Video (when available); flexible, sophisticated programming and continuous play videos. The site is located at . 4, 2009MSN announced the preview launch of its new homepage. The new MSN helps people stay in the know with the best search experience from Bing, the latest news and hottest entertainment from popular and trusted sources, and favorite social networks – all in a fresh new look. At the same time, MSN also launches a new local experience, MSN Local Edition, which delivers one of the most comprehensive local experiences on the Web. Oct. 1, 2009MSN announced the beta release of “My Health Info,” a new MSN health tool that allows people to manage health and fitness information for everyone in the family. Through personalized pages and a series of 11 customizable widgets, “My Health Info” provides a security-enhanced Web service enabling ordinary people to unlock the power of their personal health and fitness data for free.Aug. 31, 2009MSN announced that MSN Soapbox, the user-generated video service within MSN Video, was decommissioned. May 8, 2009MSN launched a new version of its local offering, MSN City Guides, which featured a new design, integrated Bing Maps (formerly known as Live Search Maps), video, content sharing and more. It offers a range of features to help people explore, make plans and share information with their friends. Specifically, new integration with popular social networking services such as Windows Live and Facebook makes planning a snap, allowing people to organize events or get-togethers with a few clicks.April 21, 2009MSN launched a new, entertainment-enhanced MSN homepage beta, which allowed participants the option of a topic-focused homepage as their default. The page was customized for entertainment lovers, and offered significantly more entertainment news, gossip and videos than MSN has offered before, as well as direct access to movie times and Wonderwall, the newest celebrity destination from MSN.Feb. 5, 2009Microsoft Corp. launched Wonderwall, a celebrity destination developed by MSN and production company BermanBraun Interactive, which allows consumers to experience and digest the latest on the lives of celebrities like never before. Consumers get an opinionated, in-the-know and irreverent take on celebrity information within a highly innovative and dynamic design.Nov. 25, 2008MSN announced its collaboration with (RED), an organization created to raise awareness and money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to create (RED)Wire, a digital music service located exclusively on MSN (). The service launched Dec. 1, 2008, in conjunction with World AIDS Day in an effort to raise money to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Sept. 23, 2008Microsoft launched , an online food destination developed by MSN and Hearst Magazines Digital Media. features thousands of quick and easy food and cocktail recipes from Hearst Magazines and other sources, as well as fan blogs about popular food television shows, and the latest on food events and festivals worldwide.July 28, 2008 Microsoft announced its collaboration with NBC Universal to create on MSN, the official online home of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. on MSN provided online users with exclusive access to an extraordinary offering of more than 3,500 hours of live and on-demand video content.Jan. 30, 2008Microsoft, along with RCA Music Group, announced that MSN signed on as the exclusive online broadcaster and as a title sponsor of Clive Davis’ legendary pre-Grammy party, held on Feb. 9 in Beverly Hills, Calif. MSN was the exclusive online broadcaster of the evening’s historic musical performances.Jan. 1, 2008Microsoft announced “The Biggest Loser” Million Pound Match-Up, a collaboration between MSN Health & Fitness and NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” that challenges America to lose 1 million pounds during the course of the show “The Biggest Loser: Couples.” Participants were able to test their fitness knowledge and receive expert fitness advice from “The Biggest Loser” trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels as well as from MSN Health & Fitness experts.Oct. 29, 2007MSN collaborated with Hulu LLC, which launched the beta of its online video service, to offer viewers a vast selection of streaming, on-demand, premium programming on a free, ad-supported basis. Consumers are able to visit Hulu’s distribution partner websites MSN, AOL, Comcast, MySpace and Yahoo to enjoy the extensive library of premium programming available from Hulu. Together, these websites represent some of the most visited portals on the Web, bringing content to the fingertips of consumers where they are already spending much of their time.Sept. 26, 2007MSN launched an updated MSN Video, an enhanced MSN Video experience that improved the ability to find and discover premium and user-generated video content from the expansive MSN Video library, adding new community-sharing features, and introducing a new time-based advertising delivery model.July 7, 2007MSN offered free video streams of Live Earth concerts around the world, delivering 15 million streams during the event, making it one of the most watched online entertainment events in history. After the event concluded, an additional 65 million streams were delivered.June 18, 2007 Microsoft announced the new MSN Mobile, a completely redesigned and reengineered portal offering an exceptional experience when accessing the Internet and Web services on mobile phones.Feb. 16, 2007Microsoft announced a collaboration with three-time NBA All-Star forward LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers to launch an inspirational, storybook-style website for kids and teens on .Sept. 18, 2006Microsoft announced the beta release of Soapbox on MSN Video, a user-uploaded video service that makes it easy for people to express themselves by uploading, discovering and sharing personal videos with the Soapbox community and others around the world.May 3, 2006Microsoft announced a new initiative, called MSN Originals, as part of its expanding content investments to fuel continued growth of MSN. As part of the MSN Originals initiative, content from Reveille, a leading independent Hollywood production studio and distribution company, is made available. Oct. 12, 2005Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft announced a landmark agreement to connect users of their consumer instant messaging (IM) services on a global basis. The industry’s first interoperability agreement between two distinct leading global consumer IM providers gives MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger users the ability to interact with each other. ................
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