NBC

===NBC News===
{{Main|NBC News}}
News coverage has long been an important part of NBC's operations and public image, dating to the network's radio days. Notable NBC News productions past and present include ''Today'', ''NBC Nightly News'' (and its immediate predecessor, the ''[[Huntley-Brinkley Report]]''), ''Meet the Press'' (which has the distinction of the longest continuously running program in the history of American television), ''Dateline NBC'', ''Early Today'', ''[[NBC News at Sunrise]]'', ''[[NBC Nightside]]'' and ''[[Rock Center with Brian Williams]]''.

In 1989, the news division began its expansion to cable with the launch of the business news channel [[CNBC]]. The company eventually formed other [[United States cable news|cable news]] services including [[MSNBC]] (created in 1996 originally as a joint venture with [[Microsoft]], which now features a mix of general news and political discussion programs with a liberal stance),<ref name="Auto8E-8">{{cite news|last=Bauder|first=David|date=October 30, 2008|title=Study: NBC News Doesn't Follow MSNBC's Partisan Drift|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/study-nbc-news-doesnt-fol_n_139162.html|url-status=dead|access-date=July 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212050100/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/study-nbc-news-doesnt-fol_n_139162.html|archive-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Auto8E-9">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/39507182/ns/business-media_biz/|title=MSNBC to 'lean forward' in a two year brand campaign|publisher=NBC|access-date=October 13, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324040713/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39507182/ns/business-media_biz/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2008 acquisition of [[The Weather Channel]] in conjunction with [[Blackstone Group]] and [[Bain Capital]]. In addition, [[NBCSN]] (operated as part of the NBC Sports Group, which became an NBC property through Comcast's acquisition of [[NBCUniversal]]) carries sports news content alongside sports event telecasts. Key anchors from NBC News are also used during NBC Sports coverage of the [[Olympic Games]].