msnNOW Launches — Apparently, Not Your Granddaddy’s MSN (Video)

Simply put, this is a way to get them high-twitch youngsters to pay some mind to old, musty portals.
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New MSN Homepage Exits Beta, Set to Be Released to All of U.S.

MSN, which launched a beta version of a radical new homepage design in November, is releasing it to all its 100 million monthly U.S. customers within the next two weeks. The wide rollout by the Microsoft portal will include a significant online marketing program on sites such as Hulu and the New York Times–although it won’t cost nearly as much as the $100 million the tech giant is spending to hawk its Bing search service.
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MSN's Bob Visse Talks About Homepage Redesign (Plus Microsoft's Videos With Designer and Execs)

Here is a video interview BoomTown did with Bob Visse, GM of MSN Product Management today at Microsoft’s offices in San Francisco. The new MSN homepage debuts tonight with a redesign cutting clutter, adding the ability to access both Facebook and Twitter, a local focus and with Microsoft’s new Bing search service everywhere. Also, some Microsoft interviews with MSN staff about the changes.
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