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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.
20 of the 60 sites closest to MS match.
- 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
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 - 03
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 - 04
GMA - Good Morning America
GMA is your source for useful news and inspiration on how to live your best life. Your community and guide to relationship advice, the latest in celebrity news, culture, style, travel, home, finances, shopping deals, career and more.
Close - 05
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Close - 06
MSN
collection of Internet sites by Microsoft
Close - 07
France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America
Close - 08
7NEWS Australia: Latest news, sport, video, entertainment and lifestyle from Australia and the world
7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.
Close - 09
Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
Close - 10
Alhurra
News, stories, and analysis from America for audiences in the Middle East and North Africa.
Close - 11
Salon.com - News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food
American progressive news and opinion website
Close - 12
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
Close - 13
Breaking News and Analysis on Asia and the World | Real-Time Coverage out of Asia and Singapore - CNA
Get 24/7 real-time updates on breaking news from Asia, Singapore and around the world. CNA delivers accurate, timely coverage of events as they unfold. Stay informed.
Close - 14
News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Close - 15
MPR News — Minnesota News, Politics, Weather, Podcasts & Public Radio
MPR News is Minnesota's trusted source for local news, politics, weather, and public radio — plus podcasts, live audio, and in-depth coverage across the state.
Close - 16
Document
Russian state-controlled website
Close - 17
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Close - 18
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Close - 19
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Close - 20
/Film | Movie & TV News, Trailers, Interviews, & Reviews
The latest movie and television news, reviews, film trailers, exclusive interviews, and opinions - since 2005.
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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 = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,217
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 29 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