For how long has MSNBC been SkyNEWS tonight?

[BigmanPigman]

I turned it on and instead of their regular programming they are broadcasting Sky News.

[elleng]

1. Since 2 est, I think, after Ruhle.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I can't recall them doing this before.

[zuul]

3. They're still airing Sky. WTH?

[2naSalit]

4. I haven't stayed up this late in a while...

And I saw that too, which is a new feature for me. But, I would rather see SkyNEWS than that crime show garbage they've had one since they got rid of the stupid prison lockup shit they had for years. I'm sure Craig Melvin can do other things, I cringed every time I saw that crime show bunk, I hope he gets a different gig.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. I'm up all night on a regular basis (like now! LOL) and listen to MSNBC while driving....

and weeknights after "The 11th Hour" they were rerunning that nights programming, starting with "The Rachel Maddow Show", then "The Last Word", "All In" and then Maddow again. At 5 AM the show "Way Too Early" comes on.

[2naSalit]

14. Huh...

I think I noticed that a year or so ago but there was still a crime thing on late at night during the impeachments, I think. I really don't know when they changed it up but I do recall they had lockup and later that true crime crap for a long time.

[Budi]

5. Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch

Global news, livestream & its still Murdoch.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. No, Sky News in the UK (which other threads say this is) has been owned by Comcast for 3 years

On 5 June 2018, Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared Fox's proposed deal, contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. It also cleared counteroffers for Sky that were being made in a bidding war by U.S. telecoms and media conglomerate Comcast.[24][25] Comcast made a US$65 billion counter-offer to acquire the 21st Century Fox assets being sold to Disney.[26] Fox rejected the offer, in favour of a higher-valued offer from Disney.[27] Comcast subsequently pursued a counter-offer for Sky only, resulting in the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordering that a blind auction be held between Comcast and Fox. On 22 September, Comcast was declared the winner of the auction,[28][29] resulting in Fox agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Sky to the company.[30][31]

The sale made Sky News a sister division to NBC News—a U.S.-based news operation owned by Comcast's U.S. media division NBCUniversal, its U.S. pay television news channel MSNBC, as well as Euronews—a pan-European news channel which NBCUniversal owned a stake in at the time of purchase. In April 2019, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts stated that the company was exploring the establishment of a "global" news channel as a joint venture between Sky News and NBC News.[32] In January 2020, it was stated that this new channel would also be carried on NBCUniversal's new U.S. streaming video platform Peacock.[33] In April 2020, it was stated that the launch of the service, now known as NBC Sky World News, would be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34] On 20 April 2020, NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews to one of its existing shareholders, citing a desire to prioritise the NBC/Sky service instead.[35] The proposed service was scrapped in August 2020, resulting in layoffs of 60 employees.[36]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_News#Comcast_acquisition,_2018%E2%80%93present

[JoanofArgh]

9. Sky News Australia is owned by Rupert Murdoch

In Great Britain , it’s owned by a division of Comcast.

[padah513]

8. I saw it on Saturday night

I thought they were replacing Dateline

[JoanofArgh]

10. It just recently started and I like it.

Yesterday they had an in person interview with Zelensky. MSNBC just isn’t good with hard news ; it’s all punditry so I was pleased they started showing Sky. I had to keep turning to CNN late nights when the CNN international people are broadcasting from the UK.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. It's ok, but I preferred the re-run of Rachel Maddow

Her evening hour is too late for this old bozo.

[AngryOldDem]

12. I like it, actually.

It’s a way to continue live news coverage, which I appreciate because I’m usually up this early. It’s a better use of broadcast time than rerunning shows from the night before. It is a good lead in to Jonathan Lemire. MSNBC does not have the international studio broadcast ability like CNN does overnight, so this is a good match — especially for those of us who don’t have the BBC World Service on their cable.

(And I want to stress, too, that this is SKY News UK, NOT Australia.)

[hlthe2b]

13. I wouldn't mind except the underscore music being played made it hard to hear the actual reporting.

That said, given Murdoch has been OUT of SKyNEWS for some time, I'm not unwilling to have this become a thing for some of the overnight hours.

[Raine]

15. I like it, it's real news

instead of commentary. What I've never liked about MSNBC was they never have hard news especially covering what's going on internationally. 👍