MSNOW is on in the background. No ads. Checked.

[cachukis]

It appears the spinoff has lower revenues. Guardian says higher viewership, but streaming services often have to find fillers.
We are older folks, as a rule.
We are thinkers who peel back layers.
Not sure our replacements do.
We are in a social upheaval; I prefer to hold my bets.
Grifters are taking advantage of our inability to stop them.
Not sanguine as we go forward.

[flamingdem]

1. You're saying that MSNOW is not running ads?

I hope they're okay. We need them us older layer peeling types!

[rsdsharp]

2. Are you by any chance watching on Hulu?

For close to a year, MSNBC/MSNOW has had very few commercials when streamed on Hulu. Instead, they run endless repetitions of a very few PSAs, or just go to an animated screen saying they will be right back.

[cachukis]

3. On Sling. Can they exist long losing money?

[rsdsharp]

4. I asked the exact same question several months ago.

I received several responses that said they weren’t seeing the same thing on other providers; they were seeing commercials as usual.

I swear, if I never see the Covenant House “toxic dirts of fear”, or Maya Angelou “profundity” PSAs again it will be too soon.

[City Lights]

5. I have noticed this, too, and it worries me.

It's happening during the day and during prime time. I have even seen a situation where an ad was running and it was interrupted to show either an ad for MS NOW, or just the "We'll be right back" screen.

[cachukis]

6. I leave it on sometimes in the event...

But I've noticed it while it was still MSNBC.
Accessing high level vocabulary is getting more difficult.