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Who runs MS, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest cable news network alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- NBC News
Measured from MS’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit MS01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs MS
MS ms.now
MS NOW (formerly MSNBC): Breaking news and the latest headlines today. Get daily updates from local reporters plus world news with live audio and video.
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What MS tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
9 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 3 tools
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to MS
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to MS, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close - 02
Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos
Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com. Breaking news and video. Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
Very close - 03
CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Exclusive Coverage
Stay informed on today's latest breaking news and exclusive scoops from CBS News. Follow current events in the U.S. and around the world, along with trending stories in politics, health and more key topics.
Very close - 04
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Very close - 05
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos at ABCNews.com
Very close - 06
Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com
USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.
Close - 07
Breitbart News Network
Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.
Very close - 08
The Daily Caller
The Daily Caller is a 24-hour news publication providing its audience with original reporting, thought-provoking commentary and breaking news.
Very close - 09
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close - 10
The Daily Wire - Redirecting...
American conservative website and media company
Close - 11
Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do
What Boston cares about right now: Get breaking updates on news, sports, and weather. Local alerts, things to do, and more on Boston.com.
Very close - 12
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close - 13
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 14
Washington Examiner – Congress, White House & Political News
Washington Examiner covers Congress, the White House, national security, the courts and elections, with breaking news and conservative analysis from D.C.
Close - 15
American journalism company and news website
Close - 16
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
News, analysis from the Middle East & worldwide, multimedia & interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule.
Close - 17 Newsmax newsmax.com
American news website
Close - 18
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Close - 19
E! News: Celebrity News, Photos and Video
E! Online delivers breaking entertainment news, celebrity updates, red carpet and award show coverage, fashion trends, and the latest in TV and movies.
Close - 20
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles MS’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones MS uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what MS adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 15 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 53 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to MS’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.ms.now/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/77ca722dd820/6899096c85b2/launch-12c65b1bece0.min.js
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.911d1002.1793957708.5ab3c50
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms24817839
- Proofpoint MX mxa-00a17301.gslb.pphosted.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:amazonses…
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns1.p01.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=nx6l47zy2fuw
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: REPjLi_yDHx7TLKgH3OC5uFnLfGp1M-1m8QUec6g8qQ
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_Tg1u1a034hXebJbhmqjLlU
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 14/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on ms.now 13/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on ms.now 13/20
- OneTrust · not on ms.now 11/20
- Fastly · not on ms.now 10/20
- Apple Business · not on ms.now 10/20
- Atlassian · not on ms.now 10/20
- Google Workspace · not on ms.now 9/20
- Amazon SES 8/20
- OpenAI · not on ms.now 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on ms.now 8/20
- Adobe · not on ms.now 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on ms.now 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on ms.now 6/20
- Zendesk · not on ms.now 6/20